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Absence In Love Is Like Water Upon Fire; A Little Quickens, But Much Extinguishes It.
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Absence in love is like water upon fire;
a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.
-- Hannah More
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Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.
-- Hannah More...
Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
-- La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)...
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.
-- Comte DeBussy-Rabuti...
One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocea
a spark of fire helps to give light to the world. None are too small, too feeble, too poor to be of service....
A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth - with the fire dead, the laughter stilled, and the light extinguished.
-- Frank P. Tebbe...
In men this blunder still you find,-- All think their little set mankind.
-- Hannah More (1745-1833) -- Florio, Part i...
Wear me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm
for love is strong as death, passion cruel as the grave...
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.