Famous quotes containing the words inferior, venus and/or sets:
“We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service.”
—Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733)
“It is no longer a flame hidden in my veins; now it is Venus in all her might fastened to her prey.”
—Jean Racine (1639–1699)
“To the extent to which genius can be conjoined with a merely good human being, Haydn possessed genius. He never exceeds the limits that morality sets for the intellect; he only composes music which has “no past.””
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)