Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.
A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.
Never find fault with the absent.
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
I'm terrifically absentminded.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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