Famous quotes containing the words higher, mother and/or tongue:
“The higher a man stands, the more the word “vulgar” becomes unintelligible to him.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)
“But how do I get to having to write a book?... It was a mother who bore me, not an inkwell!”
—Robert Musil (1880–1942)
“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)