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The Angels
«Only the mature spirit lives with the proud knowledge that he is a little lower than the angels rather than a little higher than the apes»
Author: Dorothy Carnegie
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aped, apes, aping, in low spirits, lower, low spirits, mature, The Angels
«I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional»
Author: Jon Carroll
(Columnist, Humorist)
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occasional, on the side, The Angels, untrustworthy
«There's an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything. When actions are judged, they go before the bar of God, where Mom and the Flag closely flank His presence.»
Author: Jonathan Raban
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adequate, American flag, closely, compulsion, expediency, flank, flanks, mom, on the side, presence of God, The Angels, the bar
«Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.»
Author: St. Francis de Sales
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assistance, invoke, invoked, invokes, invoking, temporal, The Angels
«Laughing at ourselves is possible when we are able to see humanity as it is - a little lower than the angels and at times only slightly higher than the apes»
Author: Tom Mullen
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Laughter
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aped, apes, at times, laughing, lower, slightly, The Angels
«Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels»
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
(Poet)
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angels, blossomed, blossoming, heaven, infinite, lovelier, lovely, meadows, one by one, silently, stars, The Angels, The Blossoms
«Like Confucius of old, I am so absorbed in the wonder of the earth and the life upon it, that I cannot think of heaven and the angels.»
«Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such fantastic tricks before high heaven as make the angels weep»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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Anger
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ape, dressed, fantastic, The Angels, tricks