Superficial Veins

Famous quotes containing the words superficial and/or veins:

    It is necessary, in order to know things well, to know the particulars of them; and these, being infinite, make our knowledge ever superficial and imperfect.
    François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father’s or mother’s life?
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)