Absence is to love what wind is to fire;
It extinguishes the small, it kindles the great.

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

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy

Source

Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules: Maximes d'Amour.

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

French

Time

1665 1660s 17th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

De Bussy-Rabutin, Roger. Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules [Love history of the Gauls]. Cork: Editions à la Croix de Malte, 1665.

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