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Absence acts upon Love as wind acts upon fire;
It quenches the faint, makes the ardent burn higher.

— Roger de Bussy-Rabutin Histoire amoureuse des Gaules (1665)

L'absence est à l'amour ce qu'est au feu le vent;
Il éteint le petit, il allume le grand.

Original text (French)

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