Famous quotes containing the words bowed and/or instrument:
“Then bowed down the highest tree
unto his mothers hand;
Then she cried, See, Joseph,
I have cherries at command.”
—Unknown. The Cherry-Tree Carol (l. 2628)
“Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seems to be altogether peculiar to man, and speech is the great instrument of ambition.”
—Adam Smith (17231790)