“In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods.” MenStillsWould BeLyingSkyPrideAngelErrorsQuittingBlessSpheresAbode Book:The Leaser. Being a Selection from the Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, with an Account of His Life and Writings Source: The Leaser. Being a Selection from the Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, with an Account of His Life and Writings
“The heart itself is only a small vessel, yet dragons are there, and lions, there are poisonous beasts, and all the treasures of evil, there are rough and uneven roads, there are precipes; but there too is God and the angels, life is there, and the Kingdom, there too is light, and there the apostles and heavenly cities, and treasures of grace. All things lie within that little space.” HeartLittlesLightLife IsLyingEvilSpaceCitiesGraceAngelAll ThingsTreasureKingdomsBeastHeavenlyDragonsRoughLionsVesselApostlesPoisonous Author:Macarius of Egypt
“Women are angels, wooing: Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing: That she beloved knows naught, that knows not this-- Men prize the thing ungained more than it is.” KnowsMenSoulDoneJoyLyingAngelBelovedPrizeCourtshipWooing Author:William Shakespeare