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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 44826 |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Alexander Pope (1688–1744), British satirical poet. Letter, December 14, 1725, to poet and author Jonathan Swift. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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