Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

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

Absence from whom we love is worse than death and frustrates hope severer than despair.

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

God made the country and man made the town.

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.