"Much bending breaks the bow; much unbending the mind."
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"The bow always strung ... will not do."
"The higher life begins for us ... when we renounce our own will to bow before a Divine law."
"I love words; they are the quoits, the bows, the staves that furnish the gymnasium of the mind."
"It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow."
"Man is at his tallest when he bows."
"Rigor pushed too far is sure to miss its aim, however good, as the bow snaps that is bent too stiffly."
"Life doesn't always end up with a bow wrapped around it."
"He must put aside his pride, his virtue, beauty and life and bow or submit to the absolutely intolerable."