"Once a man strays out of the common……" — Walter de La Mare
"Once a man strays out of the common herd, he's more likely to meet wolves in the thickets than angels."
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Walter de La Mare
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24 Quotes by Walter de La Mare
Walter de La Mare has 24 quotes on this site.
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Now that cleverness was the fashion most people were clever - even perfect fools; and cleverness after all was often…
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Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers.
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When music sounds, gone is the earth I know, And all her lovelier things even lovelier grow; Her flowers in…
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As long as I live I shall always be My Self - and no other, Just me.
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Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour
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A lost but happy dream may shed its light upon our waking hours, and the whole day may be infected…
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All day long the door of the sub-conscious remains just ajar; we slip through to the other side, and return…
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The only catalogue of this world's goods that really counts is that which we keep in the silence of the…
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As soon as they're out of your sight, you are out of their mind.
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His brow is seamed with line and scar; His cheek is red and dark as wine; The fires as of…
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Very old are the woods; And the buds that break Out of the brier's boughs, When March winds wake, So…
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Lear, Macbeth. Mercutio – they live on their own as it were. The newspapers are full of them, if we…
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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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