Human Lineage

Famous quotes containing the words human and/or lineage:

“Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)

“I declare
Two lineages electrify the air,
That will like pennons from a mast
Fly over sleep and life and death
Till sun is powerless to decoy
A single seed above the earth:
Lineage of sorrow: lineage of joy....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)