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

Absence, Mind, Occupation, Rest

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

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

William Cowper, English Poet

Absence, Mind, Occupation, Rest

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

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Absence, Freedom, May, Obstacles

"Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Absence, Difficulty, Grace, Hesitation

"Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Absence, Loss, Memory, Grief

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

Thomas Paine, English Writer

Absence, Religious, World

"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

"Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Absence, Fans, Wind

"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

"The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a fox and a hare."

Meriwether Lewis, American Explorer

Absence, Weather

"In Heaven all the interesting people are missing."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Absence, Heaven, People, Life, Loss

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