A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.
Source: The Conduct of Life, Beauty, 1860.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (May 25 1803-1882), US philosopher, poet, essayist; He was the main spokesman of his time for moral optimism and belief in the individual: Self-Reliance, 1844.