Quote#Beauty
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Quote byThomas Haynes Bayly · 1797–1839
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Isle of Beauty, st. 3, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "I find that absence still increases love", Charles Hopkins, To C. C.; "Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it", James Howell, Familiar Letters, book i. sect. i. No. 6, Semper in ab.
English (original)
Absence makes the heart grow fonder: Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!
— Thomas Haynes Bayly
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