Earthly

  • (adj): Of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven.
    Example: "Earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home"

Famous quotes containing the word earthly:

    “I know myself now, and I feel within me
    A peace above all earthly dignities,
    A still and quiet conscience.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “An earthly dog of the carriage breed;
    Who, having failed of the modern speed,
    Now asked asylum and I was stirred
    To be the one so dog-preferred.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “The man possessed of a dollar, feels himself to be not merely one hundred cents richer, but also one hundred cents better, than the man who is penniless; so on through all the gradations of earthly possessions—the estimate of our own moral and political importance swelling always in a ratio exactly proportionate to the growth of our purse.”
    —Frances Wright (1795–1852)