Soar Quotes
In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.
Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Nathaniel Parker Willis, James Russell Lowell (1858). “The literati”, p.525
Soar, eat ether, see what has never been seen; depart, be lost, but climb.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1956). “Collected Poems”, HarperCollins Publishers
1623 The Duke of Milan, act1, sc.2.
Livy (1833). “Livy”, p.52
1856 Aurora Leigh, bk.3.
United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1988). “Ronald Reagan”
John Milton (1801). “The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Principal Notes of Various Commentators. To which are Added Illustrations, with Some Account of the Life of Milton”, p.147
Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
Adriana Trigiani (2012). “The Wisdom of My Grandmothers: Lessons to live by, from one generation of remarkable women to the next”, p.48, Simon and Schuster
Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.314, Vintage Canada
Tom Robbins (2003). “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”, p.377, Bantam
Steve Kluger (2009). “My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park”, p.261, Penguin
Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.48, Pelekanos Books
William Penn (1726). “A Collection of the Works of William Penn: To which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life, with Many Original Letters and Papers Not Before Published”, p.849