Quote by William Cowper
Absence of proof is not proof of absence. - William Cowper

Absence of proof is not proof of absence. – William Cowper

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Absence and a friendly neighbor washes away love. – Proverb

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The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance. – Walter Benjamin

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The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace. – Johann von Goethe

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