Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Absence Quotes

Service is no heritage.

Service is no heritage.

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past,...

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past,...

I say there is no darkness but ignorance.

I say there is no darkness but ignorance.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

To be wise and love exceeds man's might.

To be wise and love exceeds man's might.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

What is past is prologue.

What is past is prologue.

Show me someone who doesn't dream about the future and I'll show you someone who...

Show me someone who doesn't dream about the future and I'll show you someone who...

In a false quarrel there is no true valour.

In a false quarrel there is no true valour.

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not...

If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not...

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling...

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling...

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile.

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece!

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece!

They do not love that do not show their love.

They do not love that do not show their love.

Come, woo me, woo me; for now I am in a holiday humor, and like...

Come, woo me, woo me; for now I am in a holiday humor, and like...

O curse of marriage that we can call these delicate creatures ours and not their...

O curse of marriage that we can call these delicate creatures ours and not their...

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but...

A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but...