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

Absence, Excellence

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"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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"Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem!"

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

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"In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway."

Tucker Carlson, American Journalist

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"Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for."

Pierre de Coubertin, French Leader

Absence, Man, Woman

"In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State."

Patrick J. Kennedy, American Politician

Absence, Children, Parents

"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Absence, Freedom, May, Obstacles

"If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence."

Bob Kane, American Artist

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"In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison."

Derek Bailey, English Musician

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"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

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"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum."

Thomas Paine, English Writer

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"Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything."

"If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem!"

"In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway."

"Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be compensated for."

"In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State."

"Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires."

"If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence."

"In the absence of that, I am happy to play solo, but I don't think there is any comparison."

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

"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum."

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

"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."

"Kindness is wisdom."

"Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him."

"Music tells no truths."

"America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land."

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

"Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth."

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

"Imagination is the air of mind."