“The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.”
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“You are a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings
and soar with them above a common bound.”
— William Shakespeare, book Romeo and Juliet
Source: Romeo and Juliet
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And carried aloft on the wings of the breeze;
For above and around me the wild wind is roaring,
Arousing to rapture the earth and the seas.
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