Famous quotes containing the words human and/or thought:
“How great seems human progress when we consider where it began, and how insignificant, when we contemplate the goals for which it strives.”
—Franz Grillparzer (17911872)
“Mountains of Whimseys, heaped in his own Brain,
Stumbling from thought to thought, falls headlong down
Into Doubts boundless Sea, where like to drown,
Books bear him up a while, and make him try
To swim with Bladders of Philosophy,”
—John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of Rochester (16471680)
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