#nearer

Nearer the gods no mortal may approach. ↗

— Edmond Halley

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Nothing is further than earth from heaven, and nothing is nearer than heaven to earth. ↗

— David Hare

#further #heaven #nearer #nothing #than

There is one Quality, which has somewhat so heavenly in it; that by so much the more we are possess'd of it, by so much the more we draw nearer to the Great Author of Nature. ↗

— Eliza Haywood

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Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to the earth, we can draw nearer to all the heavenly creatures that surround us. ↗

— Bell Hooks

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In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

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Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved. ↗

— Dido Armstrong

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I lived in town until I was eight and then I moved nearer the farmland, so I had a mixture. ↗

— Stephen Sprouse

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The downright fanatic is nearer to the heart of things than the cool and slippery disputant. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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