Human Torch Appears

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

“One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)

“Critics are reprimanded when they get sarcastic. How absurd! Is the torch of criticism supposed to shine without burning?”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“... it appears to me that problems, inherent in any writing, loom unduly large when one looks ahead. Though nothing is easy, little is quite impossible.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)