C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Distance

Distance sometimes endears friendship and absence sweeteneth it.

Howell.

’Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,
And robes the mountain in its azure hue.

Campbell.

Wishes, like painted landscapes, best delight
Whilst distance recommends them to the sight;
Plac’d afar off, they beautiful appear:
But show their coarse and nauseous colors near.

Dr. Yalden.

She pleased while distant, but when near she charm’d.

Shenstone.

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