High We Exalt Thee

Famous quotes containing the words high, exalt and/or thee:

    “And last of all, high over thought, in the world of morals, Fate appears as vindicator, levelling the high, lifting the low, requiring justice in man, and always striking soon or late when justice is not done. What is useful will last, what is hurtful will sink.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
    —Bible: New Testament, Luke 14:11.

    “Ah wretched We, Poets of Earth! but Thou
    Wert Living the same Poet which thou’rt Now,
    Whilst Angels sing to thee their ayres divine,
    And joy in an applause so great as thine.
    Equal society with them to hold,
    Thou need’st not make new Songs, but say the Old.”
    —Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)