Human Torch Appears

Famous quotes containing the words human, torch and/or appears:

“The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)

“The genius of Byron, which appeared at the beginning of this century, is like a funeral torch sculptured on our cradles.”
—Emilio Castelar Y Ripoll (1832–1899)

“The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness.... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)