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Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. ↗

— William Wordsworth

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A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others. ↗

— Nikolai Gogol

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Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think. ↗

— Billy Graham

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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

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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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