Famous quotes containing the words ball, bearing and/or world:
“Throw down the ball, ye Jews daughter,
Throw down the ball to me!
Never a bit, says the Jews daughter,
Till up to me come ye.”
—Unknown. Hugh of Lincoln (l. 1316)
“When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
Who alone suffers, suffers most i the mind,
Leaving free things and happy shows behind.
But then the mind much sufferance doth oer skip,
When grief hath mates, and bearing fellowship.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“And now on benches all are sat
In the cool air to sit and chat,
Till Phoebus, dipping in the West,
Shall lead the world the way to rest.”
—Charles Cotton (16301687)