The absent are never without fault nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Author: Benjamin Franklin

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Well done is better than well said.

Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes.

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.

By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

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.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.