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    Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
    the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
    [Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les
    grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.

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Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

Achilles absent, was Achilles still.

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No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

by Aphra Behn Found in: Absence Quotes,
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For there's nae luck about the house;
There's nae luck at aw;
There's little pleasure in the read more

For there's nae luck about the house;
There's nae luck at aw;
There's little pleasure in the house
When our gudeman's awa.
- William Julius Mickle,

by William Julius Mickle Found in: Absence Quotes,
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Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

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Absence from whom we love is worse than death.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death.

by William Cowper Found in: Absence Quotes,
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Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;
Still to my read more

Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;
Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain,
And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.

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All days are nights to see till I see thee,
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All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee to me.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Absence Quotes,
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