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

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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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"That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter."

Edward Everett, American Statesman

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"The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility."

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

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"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

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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

Absence, Change, Joy, Life

"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

Absence, Gold, Inflation, Value

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

Philip James Bailey, English Poet

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"They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I left."

Jock Sturges, American Photographer

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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 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

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

"That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter."

"The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility."

"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."

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

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

"They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I left."

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

"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."

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"O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place."

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"It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme."

"A fool must now and then be right, by chance."

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"The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away."

"Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid."

"A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator."