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Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
They are good that are away.
They are good that are away.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.
Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.
Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous,
one provision is conspicuous by its presence and read more
Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous,
one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its
absence.