#absence

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

— William Shakespeare

#banishment #deadly #love #love is #self

I dote on his very absence. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#his #i #very

The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of their lives has given them many other points of physical perfection. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#agile #animal #boot #europe #general

Rulers are not anointed. They are created by the void of self-mastery. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#anointed #create #leadership #mastery #quotes

I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal. ↗

— Peter Cook

#because #coal #falling #i #judge

Absence of proof is not proof of absence. ↗

— William Cowper

#proof