#sence

Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

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

— Leonard Cohen

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Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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These humiliations are the essence of the game. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

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The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic. ↗

— Bill Cosby

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

— William Cowper

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In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

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In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems. ↗

— Lindsay Davenport

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And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else. ↗

— Patti Davis

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My presence speaks volumes before I say a word. ↗

— Mos Def

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