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A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent. -- Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong. -- Thomas a Kempis
At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one. -- George S. Kaufman
The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression. -- Gary Larson
A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent. -- Lawrence G. Lovasik
The supreme lesson of any education should be to think for yourself and to be yourself; absent this attainment, education creates dangerous, stupefying conformity. -- Bryant H. McGill
A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant. -- Hazrat Inayat Khan
It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things. -- Lawrence G. Lovasik
Achilles absent was Achilles still! -- Homer
Absent the edge, we drown in numbness. -- David Whyte
Absent in body, but present in spirit. -- Paul the Apostle
Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear. -- Alexander Pope
Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. -- Ambrose Bierce
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. -- Benjamin Franklin
Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence. -- Maurice Maeterlinck
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. -- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success. -- Will Smith
Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur. -- Stephen Hawking
Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead -- Louise Brooks
The secret motive of the absent-minded is to be innocent while guilty. Absent-mindedness is spurious innocence. -- Saul Bellow
Absent a sense of the preciousness of one's own life, why respect the life of anyone else? -- Kentetsu Takamori
The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution. -- Gary L. Francione
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. -- Elizabeth Bowen
Truth has to persist unaffected, in the past, present and future. That which is absent in two states, how can it be true. -- Sathya Sai Baba
Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role. -- Paul Weyrich
Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love. -- John Locke
Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival. -- Elizabeth Cox
I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog. -- Guillermo Cabrera Infante
We emphasize that such a form of communication is not absent in man, however evanescent a naturally given object may be for him, split as it is in its submission to symbols. -- Jacques Lacan
I've been left alone, even by the paparazzi, because what sells is sex and scandal. Absent that, they really don't have much interest in you. I'm still married, still working, still happy. -- Matt Damon
Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent. -- John Calvin
One might enumerate the items of high civilization, as it exists in other countries, which are absent from the texture of American life, until it should become a wonder to know what was left. -- Henry James
Absent a lot of surprises, stocks are relatively predictable over twenty years. As to whether they're going to be higher or lower in two to three years, you might as well flip a coin to decide. -- Peter Lynch
Absent the rapid mobilization of climate advocates at every level - and the pooling of all their energy, creativity, and resources into a coordinated, no-holds-barred campaign - we will soon be crossing the threshold into climate hell. -- Ross Gelbspan
My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence... Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions? Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others. -- Akkineni Nagarjuna
Voting is a Constitutional right. Absent any evidence of fraud, all Americans have a protected right to vote, be they rich or poor, black, Hispanic or white, people who live in a big city or in remote rural areas. -- Juan Williams
People who want to express themselves need to be given an opportunity. For me, it's a very fundamental premise: you break the law, you're going to jail. Absent that, you're entitled to say whatever you want to say within reason. -- Bob Buckhorn
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. -- Benjamin Franklin
If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it. -- Charles B. Rangel
Gray is the color... the most important of all... absent of opinion, nothing, neither/nor. -- Gerhard Richter
When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. -- Robert Bly
What can be more stupid than to be in pain about future things and absent ones which at present are not felt? -- Giordano Bruno
A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent. -- John P. Kotter
Hospitality is present when something happens for you. It is absent when something happens to you. Those two simple prepositions - for and to - express it all. -- Danny Meyer
You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done. -- John Chafee
Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance. -- Hannah Arendt
Some Libertarians argue that Western occupation fans the flames of radical Islam; I agree. But I don't agree that, absent Western occupation, that radical Islam 'goes quietly into that good night.' -- Rand Paul
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change. -- Earl Nightingale
It's actually very surprising how little we think about the quality of our decision-making and how we could improve it. How absent decision-making classes are from educational curricula. How little we think about how it is we think. -- Noreena Hertz
Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation. -- Karen DeCrow
Think about one of the most powerful influences on a young child's life - the absence of a father figure. Look back on recent presidents, and you'll find an absent, or weak, or failed father in the lives of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. -- Jeff Greenfield
Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional blank is just as hard to work for as the volcanic boss, and both can do great harm by setting an unhelpful example for what kind of emotional expression is expected and accepted. -- Julian Baggini
The divine life is the spirit in everything that exists, from the atom to the archangel; the grain of dust could not be were God absent from it; the loftiest seraph is but a spark from the eternal fire, which is God. Sharers in one life all form one brotherhood. The immanence of God, the solidarity of man, such are the basic truths of theosophy. -- Annie Besant
Books are absent teachers. -- Mortimer Adler
Woman absent is woman dead. -- Ambrose Bierce
The absent are easily refuted. -- C. S. Lewis
Everything disturbs an absent lover. -- Miguel de Cervantes
The absent partie is still faultie. -- George Herbert
Friends, though absent, are still present. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Never find fault with the absent. -- Alexander Pope
We have really no absent friends. -- Elizabeth Bowen
The absent are always in the wrong -- Philippe Nericault Destouches
The Mr. absent, and the house dead. -- George Herbert
Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better. -- Sextus Propertius
Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better. -- Sextus Propertius
No god is absent where prudence dwells. -- Juvenal
The absent feel and fear every ill. -- Miguel de Cervantes
Never speak ill of an absent friend. -- Plautus
Don't be absent from your own life. -- Jessica Lange
Justice is achieved only when injustice is absent. -- Frederic Bastiat
Hate can only flourish where love is absent. -- William C. Menninger
Always in absent lovers love's tide flows stronger. -- Propertius
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves. -- Charles Reade
Greater things are believed of those who are absent. -- Tacitus
Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love. -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The largest living land mammal is the absent mind. -- Don Van Vliet
What living occasion can, Be just to the absent? -- W. H. Auden
Where love is absent there can be no woman. -- George Sand
Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent. -- Penelope Hobhouse
Speak not evil of the absent for it is unjust. -- George Washington
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Cosmic Ordering is absent in body but present in spirit. -- Stephen Richards
Most of my decisions in life seem absent-minded but inevitable. -- Mason Cooley
From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent. -- H. P. Lovecraft
Over the long term, absent of other barriers, economics always win. -- Andy Bechtolsheim
The ambassador was never present, but his presence was never absent. -- Theodore C. Sorensen
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. -- Benjamin Franklin
There is no good singing, there is only present and absent. -- Jeff Buckley
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent. -- Sextus Propertius
Writing was in its origin, the voice of an absent person. -- Sigmund Freud
My father was absent and he was a hero to me. -- Greta Scacchi
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent. -- Sextus Propertius
Could I betray my absent heart to save my pathetic life? -- Stephenie Meyer
I was absent at the moment I took up the most space. -- Albert Camus
Men's minds tend to fear more keenly those things that are absent. -- Julius Caesar
The author of haiku should be absent, and only the haiku present. -- Anne Bancroft
One day I was counting the cats and I absent-mindedly counted myself. -- Bobbie Ann Mason
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent. -- Publilius Syrus
When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. -- Rajneesh
When you seek a connection to God, you suffer. God is not absent. -- Mark Whitwell
To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent. -- Stephen Covey
Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace -- George Santayana
At first I was iridescent, then I became transparent, finally I was absent -- Paul Kantner
If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it. -- Charles B. Rangel
Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace. -- George Santayana
Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men -- George S. Patton
Why beer is better than wine: human feet are conspicuously absent from beer making. -- Steve Mirsky
The essential thing is learning how not to be absent from one's own life. -- Marty Rubin
That which is revealed when thoughts are absent is also here when thoughts are present. -- Mooji
It is better to be on hand with ten men than absent with ten thousand. -- Timur
An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I doubt I would ever be missed. Noted absent, charged delinquent, reprimanded but never missed. -- Maria V. Snyder
I'm not the greatest boyfriend, but I'm not a creep. It's more like I'm... absent-minded. -- Matt Dillon
Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life. -- Voltaire
A market economy cannot thrive absent the well-being of average people, even in a gilded age. -- Jaron Lanier
Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead. -- Louise Brooks
Love is unconditional and incomprehensible. And I believe it's possible to love absent of mutual respect. -- Sufjan Stevens
Though there are times when it may seem like God is silent, he is never absent. -- Brian Houston

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