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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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Woman absent is woman dead. – Ambrose Bierce

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Absence and a friendly neighbor washes away love. – Proverb

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No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind. – Thomas Kempis

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