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Quote by Henry Fielding
Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggrav

Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of the world, of which it has been said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible. – Henry Fielding

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A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! – Henry Fielding

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He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him. – Henry Fielding

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Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day;
Let other hours be set apart for business.
To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk;
And this our queen shall be as drunk as we. – Henry Fielding

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The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning. – Ivy Baker Priest

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Where is the good in goodbye? – Meredith Willson, The Music Man (Thanks, Thomas)

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Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age. – John Dryden

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Man’s feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell. – Jean Paul Richter

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