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Absence Quotes - Page 7

The absent are always in the wrong

"L'Obstacle Imprévu" by Philippe Néricault Destouches, translated by Nérine, Act I., Scene VI, 1717.

Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature.

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). “The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index”, p.402

We have really no absent friends.

Elizabeth Bowen (1938). “The death of the heart”, Viking Pr

She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence.

Clive Barker (1991). “The Hellbound Heart”, Voyager

Why is love intensified by absence?

Audrey Niffenegger (2014). “The Time Traveler's Wife”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

Is not absence death to those who love?

Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles, William Warburton, Joseph Warton (1806). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Memoirs of the life and writings of Pope. Recommendatory poems. A discourse on pastoral poetry. Pastorals. Messiah. Windsor forest. Odes. Two chorus's to the tragedy of Brutus. The dying Christian to his soul. An essay on criticism. The rape of the lock. Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady. Prologue to Mr. Addison's tragedy of Cato. Epilogue to Mr. Rowe's Jane Shore”, p.379

I dote on his very absence.

'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 2, l. [117]

The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.

Shelagh Delaney (1959). “A Taste of Honey: A Play”, p.17, Grove Press

Absence of proof isn't proof of absence.

Robert Buettner (2005). “Orphan's Destiny”

In the twentieth century, death terrifies men less than the absence of real life.

Guy Debord, Ivan Chtcheglov, Asger Jorn, Raoul Vaneigem, Mustapha Khayati (2014). “Situationism: A Compendium”, p.122, Bread and Circuses Publishing

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.499, Harvard University Press

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.

"Elegies, II". Book by Sextus Propertius, c. 24 B.C.