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

Absence, Mind, Occupation, Rest

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"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

"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 absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."

Henry A. Kissinger, American Statesman

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"Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics."

Nick Rahall, American Politician

Absence, Wilderness

"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

"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

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

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Absence, Difficulty, Grace, Hesitation

"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

Absence, Battle, Doubt

"We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind."

John Robert Seeley, English Writer

Absence, Mind, World

"I called their attention also to the absence of all means of ventilating the hall, remarking that, as we had already breathed the air which it contained for a full hour, it must have lost much of its vital properties and needed to be renewed."

George Combe, American Educator

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

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"The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl."

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"Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend."

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"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."

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

"The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously."

"Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind."

"I called their attention also to the absence of all means of ventilating the hall, remarking that, as we had already breathed the air which it contained for a full hour, it must have lost much of its vital properties and needed to be renewed."

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"Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt."

"The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged."

"Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor."

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

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

"Wisdom is humble that he knows no more."

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

"The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl."

"Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend."

"They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed."