#absent

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

— Sextus Propertius

#ill #speak #willing

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

— Benjamin Franklin

#excuse #fault #never #nor #present

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

— Thomas a Kempis

#always #mind #out #sight #wrong

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

— George Steinbrenner

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

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love. ↗

— John Locke

#any #apt #call #delight #him

Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

#happiness #know #presence #rarely

I dreamed of dying, long before my dreams have died. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#dreams #dying #lost #unfulfilled #unhappy

You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done. ↗

— John Chafee

#administration #done #get #going #heck

I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#after #because #being #dog #his

Adam's abduction was our private hell - but it was not an isolated incident. On any given day, any number of children are absent from their homes for diverse and numerous reasons. ↗

— John Walsh

#adam #any #children #day #diverse