Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it kindles the great.
Roger de Rabutin
Count Roger de Rabutin of Bussy (1618-1693), also known as Bussy-Rabutin, was a French libertine, solider, and writer. He is known for his Romantic History of the Gauls and the Memoirs of Bussy-Rabutin.