Famous quotes containing the words thrown and/or ball:
“The soldier takes pride in saluting his Captain,
The devotee proffers a knee to his Lord,
Some back a mare thrown from a thoroughbred,
Troy backed its Helen, Troy died and adored;
Great nations blossom above,
A slave bows down to a slave.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“When Adam delved and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?”
—John Ball (hanged 1381)
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