Famous quotes containing the words human and/or nous:
“Fortunately for those who pay their court through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, the most rapacious of human beings, is likewise the most credulous; her demands are exorbitant; but she will swallow any thing.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)
“Après nous le déluge.
[”After us, the flood.”]”
—Madame De Pompadour (1721–1764)