#absent

Woman absent is woman dead. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. ↗

— Robert Bly

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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. ↗

— Michael Caine

#excuse #fault #never #nor #present

We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols. ↗

— Jacques Lacan

#communication #emphasize #evanescent #form #given

It is made the duty of every Commanding Officer in the Department, to arrest and send to these Headquarters, under guard, every officer or soldier who may be found absent from his command, without the regular leave in writing, prescribed by Regulations and General Orders. ↗

— John H. Morgan

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My father was absent and he was a hero to me. ↗

— Greta Scacchi

#father #hero #me