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"Sapiens" Quotes from Famous Books

... of course, is speaking of the lower fauna in the time of Noah. A literal application of her theory toman today is enough to bring it to a reductio ad absurdum. Which sex of Homo sapiens actually does the primping and parading that she describes? Which runs to "beautiful coloring," sartorial, hirsute, facial? Which encases itself in vestments which "serve no other useful purpose than to aid in securing the ...

— In Defense of Women • H. L. Mencken

... ut sapiens, aptarit idonea bello (In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war).—HORACE: ...

— Familiar Quotations • John Bartlett

... had her merchants supplied Carthage with improved triremes or furnished the Parthians with the latest style of weapons. We must be wise and virtuous before we can hope to be good republicans, and man in the mass is not yet "homo sapiens;" he is not wise, and certainly he ...

— Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

... succeeded in producing some creditable parodies of humanity by his operations on pigs, bulls, dogs and other animals. These cut and remoulded creatures had something the appearance and intelligence of Homo Sapiens, and could be maintained at that level by the exercise of discipline and the constant recital of "the Law"; left to themselves they gradually reverted to the habits and manners of the individual beasts out of which they had been carved. We may infer that some subtle organic ...

— H. G. Wells • J. D. Beresford

... Homo Sapiens clearly can posses extreme health while eating very different dietary regimens. There is no one right ...

— How and When to Be Your Own Doctor • Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon

... "Eam vir sanctus et sapiens sciet veram esse victoriam, quae, salva fide et integra dignitate, parabitur."—["An honest and prudent man will acknowledge that only to be a true victory which shall be obtained saving his own good faith and dignity."—Florus, ...

— The Essays of Montaigne, Complete • Michel de Montaigne

Words linked to "Sapiens" : Homo sapiens sapiens, Homo sapiens