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Absence Quotes
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L'absence est a' l'amour ce qu'est au feu le vent; Il e¤ teint le petit, il allume le grand. Absence is to love what wind is to fire; It extinguishes the small, it kindles the great. (Quote by - Bussy)
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. (Quote by - Thomas Fuller)
Condemned whole years in absence to deplore, And image charms he must behold no more. (Quote by - Alexander Pope)
Dying is not romantic, and death is not a game which will soon be over... Death is not anything... death is not... It`s the absence of presence, nothing more... the endless time of never coming back... a gap you can`t see, and when the wind blows through .. (Quote by - Tom Stoppard )
A short absence is the safest. (Quote by - Ovid)
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. (Quote by - William Cowper)
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. (Quote by - Baruch Spinoza )
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an age. (Quote by - John Dryden)
I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. (Quote by - Brendan F. Behan)
When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover's apprehension. (Quote by - Sheridan, Richard Brinsley)
A little absence does a lot of good. (Quote by - French Proverb)
Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. (Quote by - Chuang Tzu)
Oft in the tranquil hour of night, When stars illume the sky, I gaze upon each orb of light, And wish that thou wert by. (Quote by - George Linley)
Absence and a friendly neighbor washes away love. (Quote by - Proverb)