ABSENT, adj. Peculiarly exposed to the tooth of detraction; vilifed; hopelessly in the wrong; superseded in the consideration and affection of another.
To men a man is but a mind. Who cares
What face he carries or what form he wears?
But woman's body is the woman. O,
Stay thou, my sweetheart, and do never go,
But heed the warning words the sage hath said:
A woman absent is a woman dead.
Jogo Tyree
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY
by Ambrose Bierce
On that happy thought I'm going out to breakfast with Emily and her mom and dad this morning. They all all such nice people. Then I will probably do more house repair stuff.
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