Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little, it kindles the great

Quote by Comte DeBussy-Rabutin

Topics: Absence Quotes

God is usually on the side of big squadrons and against little ones

God is usually on the side of big squadrons and against little ones

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles...

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles...

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and...

Fond as we are of our loved ones, there comes at times during their absence...

Fond as we are of our loved ones, there comes at times during their absence...

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle,...

Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle,...

The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence

The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; And every little absence is an...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

People think responsibility is hard to bear. It's not. I think that sometimes it is...

People think responsibility is hard to bear. It's not. I think that sometimes it is...

Absence makes the heart grow wander

Absence makes the heart grow wander

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding...

Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting...

How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting...

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.