If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he

If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a devil. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Angels fly because they take themselves lightly. – G. K. Chesterton

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We are each of us angels with only one wing, to fly we need only embrace each other. – Source Unknown

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