Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!Thomas Haynes BaylyIsle of Beauty
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the greatComte de Bussy-RabutinHistoire amoureuse des Gaules
That out of sight is out of mind Is true of most we leave behindArthur Hugh CloughThat Out of Sight
Among the defects of the Bill, which were numerous, one provision was conspicuous by its presence and another by its absenceLord John RussellSpeech to his constituents, 1859