"Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it."

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Source : Thomas Overbury (1856). “The miscellaneous works in prose and verse of Sir Thomas Overbury, now first collected: Edited with notes, and a biograph. account of the author by E. F. Rimbault”, p.190

Thomas Overbury

#Absence Quotes

“I'm moving on. I'm human. Everybody makes mistakes.”
“Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2008.
“We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see in twilight's gloom the first pale spark, While others only note that day is gone.”
“I don't even know if I will be around next year. My cancers are so bad that I think I've arrived at the end of the road. What a pity. I would like to live not only because I love life so much, but because I'd like to see the result of the trial. I do think I will be found guilty.”
“There is a hugely underserved population out there... those who are the least capable of paying pay the highest.”
“You know all the money we spend on nuclear weapons and defense every year? Trillions of dollars? Correct? Trillions. Instead, if we spent that money feeding and clothing the poor of the world,which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, not one, we could, as one race, explore outer space together in peace forever”

Source : "Love All the People". New Edition,
“If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.”
“I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.”

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