#sence

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ↗

— Thomas Haynes Bayly

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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. ↗

— Baruch Spinoza

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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Beauty, the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God and Angel of his Presence thru' all creation. ↗

— Robert Bridges

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That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

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Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mold of the body and mind. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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