Absence extinguishes the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire. (François de La Rochefoucauld)

Absence extinguishes the minor passions and increases the great ones, as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.

François de La Rochefoucauld

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