• Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.

  Francois de la Rochefoucauld
  French writer 1613-1680
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. diminishes
2. increases
3. bonfire
4. great
5. blows

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Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire. by : Francois de la Rochefoucauld

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