loftier

Adjective

The word is derived from lofty

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The monumental pomp of age Was with this goodly personage A stature undepressed in size, Unbent, which rather seemed to rise In open victory o'er the weight Of seventy years, to loftier height. William Wordsworth

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher. Henry van Dyke

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. Albert Schweitzer

Hamm: Can there be misery (he yawns) loftier than mine? Samuel Beckett

If you really think about it, everything is wonderful in this world, everything except for our thoughts and deeds when we forget about the loftier goals of existence, about our human dignity. Anton Chekhov

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