"From a distance it is something; and nearby…" — Jean de La Fontaine

More Distance Quotes

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• The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be… — Diane Ackerman
• Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? — Richard Bach
• Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone,… — Emily Greene Balch
• Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous… — Alan Ball
• We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point… — Henry Ward Beecher
• Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid. — Ugo Betti
• Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his… — Ambrose Bierce
• Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people. — Theodor Adorno
• It's a big thing now: A lot of people want to be assistants to celebrities. If you're pursuing that, you're… — Lewis Black
• It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. — Aesop
• Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become… — Bono
• Laughter is the closest distance between two people. — Victor Borge

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