"Higher than the beasts, lower than the angels,……" — Ford Madox Ford
"Higher than the beasts, lower than the angels, stuck in our idiot Eden."
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35 Quotes by Ford Madox Ford
Ford Madox Ford has 35 quotes on this site.
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The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and…
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The object of the novelist is to keep the reader entirely oblivious of the fact that the author exists -…
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In every man there are two minds that work side by side, the one checking the other; thus emotion stands…
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If you hunch your shoulders too long against a storm your shoulders will grow bowed.…
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It is not merely that people must die and people must suffer, if not here, then there. But what is…
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Damn it all, it's the first duty of a soldier - it's the first duty of all Englishmen - to…
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What the artist wishes to do — as far as you are concerned — is to take you out of…
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I couldn't regard myself as personally repulsive. No man can, or, if he ever comes to do so, that is…
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Six months ago I had never been to England, and, certainly, I had never sounded the depths of an English…
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Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.
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And it was a most remarkable, a most moving glance, as if for a moment a lighthouse had looked at…
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If you only would!" He added rather diffidently: "If you would not mind remembering that I am a military court…
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
— Saint Augustine
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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
— Saint Augustine
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Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I…
— Teresa of Avila
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But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to…
— Francis Bacon
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
— Francis Bacon
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I remember being on film sets when I was younger, and only men got to do the cool action movies.…
— Drew Barrymore
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It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure,…
— Karl Barth
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Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing…
— Martha Beck
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Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an…
— Martha Beck
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Man was created a little lower than the angels and has been getting a little lower ever since.
— Josh Billings
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Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between.
— Robert Blair
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It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not…
— William Blake
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