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Anthropomorphism2 quotes
If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own. — XenophanesWhen a man wanted to make a machine that would walk, he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg. — Guillaume Apollinaire · 1917
God1 quote
If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own. — Xenophanes
God and man1 quote
If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own. — Xenophanes
Human ingenuity1 quote
When a man wanted to make a machine that would walk, he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg. — Guillaume Apollinaire · 1917
Innovation1 quote
When a man wanted to make a machine that would walk, he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg. — Guillaume Apollinaire · 1917
Nature of God1 quote
If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own. — Xenophanes
Technological progress1 quote
When a man wanted to make a machine that would walk, he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg. — Guillaume Apollinaire · 1917
The wheel1 quote
When a man wanted to make a machine that would walk, he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg. — Guillaume Apollinaire · 1917