“Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
“Angels are bright still, though the brightest fell.
Though all things foul would wear the brows of grace,
Yet Grace must still look so.”
Source: Macbeth
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