"There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence."

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"God's absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request that He leave. And if we are not brutally honest with ourselves regarding that choice, it is we ourselves who have set the stage for the next tragedy."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Absence, Truth, Regret, Power, Inspirational

"The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism."

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Dramatist

Absence, Criticism, Freedom

"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

Absence, Mind

"Absence of proof is not proof of absence."

William Cowper, English Poet

Absence, Proof

"Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening."

Willa Cather, American Author

Absence, Country

"Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed."

William Cowper, English Poet

Absence, Mind, Occupation, Rest

"The system adopted in the Latin American instrument proves that, although no state can obligate another to join such a zone, neither can one prevent others wishing to do so from adhering to a regime of total absence of nuclear weapons within their own territories."

Alfonso G. Robles, American Diplomat

Absence, State, Weapons

"Judicious absence is a weapon."

Charles Reade, English Novelist

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"In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while."

George Grosz, German Artist

Absence, Man, Military, Months

"It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state."

William H. Seward, American Statesman

Absence, Law, Slavery, State

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"Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art."

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"Art is man's nature; nature is God's art."

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"We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best."

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"God's absence in the carnage is due to one single rather unnerving fact; that at some time past He honored our request that He leave. And if we are not brutally honest with ourselves regarding that choice, it is we ourselves who have set the stage for the next tragedy."

"The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism."

"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."

"Absence of proof is not proof of absence."

"Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening."

"Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed."

"The system adopted in the Latin American instrument proves that, although no state can obligate another to join such a zone, neither can one prevent others wishing to do so from adhering to a regime of total absence of nuclear weapons within their own territories."

"Judicious absence is a weapon."

"In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while."

"It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state."

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"Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art."

"Art is man's nature; nature is God's art."

"We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best."

"The sole equality on earth is death."

"Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth."

"Respect is what we owe; love, what we give."

"Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade."

"Music tells no truths."

"Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell."

"Imagination is the air of mind."