Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles 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 a fire; it puts out the little,...

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

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 absence of war is not peace.

The absence of war is not peace.

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from...

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from...

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Absence of occupation is not rest; a mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood

Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood

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...

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

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.

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals...

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

A short absence is safest

A short absence is safest

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

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...

Absence makes the heart go fonder

Absence makes the heart go fonder

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.

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...

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...