Famous quotes containing the words human and/or bondage:
“Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds,
But animated nature sweeter still,
To soothe and satisfy the human ear.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)
“There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets ours norms and drives us from one five-year plan to another. The autonomous individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)