#absence

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer. ↗

— Ovid

#acquainted #affliction #am #better #does

In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway. ↗

— Tucker Carlson

#ages #anyway #evidence #middle #middle ages

Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#crutches #hours #love #our #wings

In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress. ↗

— Leonard Cohen

#caress #done #dreams #good #good works

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. ↗

— William Cowper

#death #despair #frustrates #hope #love

The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#bible #humor #literature #most #singular