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The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present see

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

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Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood. – Elizabeth Ashley

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

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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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Never find fault with the absent. – Proverb

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