"What living occasion can,Be just to the absent?"

Absence, Justice, Memory, Emotion

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"In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness."

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist

Absence, Ugliness

"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

"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

"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

Absence, Mind

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

Tucker Carlson, American Journalist

Absence, Superstition, Theory

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

Derek Bailey, English Musician

Absence, Play

"Judicious absence is a weapon."

Charles Reade, English Novelist

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"In the absence of a magnetic field the period of all these oscillations is the same. But as soon as the electron is exposed to the effect of a magnetic field, its motion changes."

Pieter Zeeman, Dutch Physicist

Absence, Effect

"In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?"

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

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"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value."

Alan Greenspan, American Economist

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"In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness."

"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."

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

"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."

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

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

"Judicious absence is a weapon."

"In the absence of a magnetic field the period of all these oscillations is the same. But as soon as the electron is exposed to the effect of a magnetic field, its motion changes."

"In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?"

"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value."

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"Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh."

"In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them."

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"Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good."

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"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language."

"It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it."

"A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of anything else to do."