“I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.”
Letter to Arthur Moore (February 1899).
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English writer 1867–1900Related quotes
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
Semper in absentes felicior aestus amantes.
Propertius (-47–-16 BC) Latin elegiac poet
II, xxxiii, 43.
Elegies
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder:
Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) English poet, songwriter, dramatist, and writer
Isle of Beauty, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "I find that absence still increases love", Charles Hopkins, To C. C.; "Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it", Howell, Familiar Letters, book i. sect. i. No. 6.
“Absinthe makes the mind go wander.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
Washington Irving Rip Van Winkle
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819–1820)
Source: "Rip Van Winkle".
“I'm a media tart. You tell me one politician that's not a media tart, tell me one that's not.”
Peter Beattie (1952) 36th Premier of Queensland
As quoted in "Beattie an unashamed 'media tart'" in AM Archive (11 May 2000) http://www.abc.net.au/am/stories/s125625.htm
“It looks like a tart's bedroom.”
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921) member of the British Royal Family, consort to Queen Elizabeth II
On seeing plans for the Duke and Duchess of York's house at Sunninghill Park, as quoted in "48 of Prince Philip's greatest gaffes and funny moments" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/04/48-prince-philips-greatest-gaffes-funny-moments/, The Telegraph (2 August 2017)
