Absent
Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present.
Not existing; lacking; as, the part was rudimental or absent.
Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied; as, an absent air.
To take or withdraw (one's self) to such a distance as to prevent intercourse; -- used with the reflexive pronoun.
To withhold from being present.
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Absent Quotations
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Benjamin Franklin
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Never find fault with the absent.
Alexander Pope
Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.
Ambrose Bierce
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
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
Thomas Kempis
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
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 Translations
absent in Dutch is verstrooid
absent in Finnish is poissaoleva
absent in French is absent
absent in German is abwesend, abwesend, fernbleiben
absent in Italian is mancante, restar lontano, assente
absent in Latin is absens, absentis, desum
absent in Portuguese is ausente
absent in Spanish is ausente
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