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Quotation by Alexander Pope
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Alexander Pope (173)Additional Sources
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Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer.
Alexander Pope (1688–1744), British satirical poet. Letter, December 14, 1725, to poet and author Jonathan Swift.
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