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Absence Quotes by William Shakespeare
- Absence doth sharpen love, presence strengthens it; the one brings fuel, the other blows it till it burns clear.
- I dote on his very absence.
- Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
- Parting is such sweet sorrow
- Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.
- How like a winter hath my absence been. From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen,…
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