#absent

Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

#always #among #ardor #better #fares

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

— Sextus Propertius

#ill #speak #willing

If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#absent #body talks #father #nobody #relationship

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#excuse #fault #never #nor #present

My dad was an absentee dad, so it was always important to me that I was part of my daughter's life, and she deserved two parents, which is part of the rationale behind us staying married for 30 years. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#always #behind #dad #daughter #deserved

Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#always #mind #out #sight #wrong

Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. ↗

— George Santayana

#embrace #knowledge #recognition #salutation #something

We plan absentee ownership as far as running the Yankees is concerned. ↗

— George Steinbrenner

#as far as #concerned #far #ownership #plan

I suppose that by being absent from the music business, it appeared that I just dropped out, but really I never did. I was continuously working and doing various things. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#appeared #being #business #continuously #did

Greater things are believed of those who are absent. ↗

— Tacitus

#believed #greater #things #those #who