Absence
A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
Want; destitution; withdrawal.
Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
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Absence Quotations
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
William Shakespeare
I dote on his very absence.
William Shakespeare
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.
Ronald Reagan
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
Nelson Mandela
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Saint Augustine
Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
Theodore Roosevelt
Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
Wayne Dyer
In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.
Barack Obama
The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
Karl Marx
Absence Translations
absence in Dutch is afwezigheid, absentie, mangel
absence in German is Abwesenheit {f}, Abwesenheit {f}, Fehlen {n}
absence in Italian is mancare, assenza
absence in Spanish is ausencia, falta
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