#nearer

If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left whereby he could draw one step nearer to them. ↗

— Mary Antin

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The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible. ↗

— Washington Irving

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Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

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Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire. ↗

— John Dewey

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In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults. ↗

— Jessamyn West

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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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Nearer the gods no mortal may approach. ↗

— Edmond Halley

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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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