“The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.”
— Georges Simenon
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Nature teaches more than she preaches. There
“Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.”
— John Burroughs
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It is the nature of the wise
“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.”
— Epictetus
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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but
“Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.”
— Saint Augustine
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Study nature, love nature, stay close to
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
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Each of us has a very rich
“Each of us has a very rich nature and can look at things objectively, from a distance, and at the same time can have something more personal to say about them. I am trying to look at the world, and at myself, from many different points of view. I think many poets have this duality.”
— Wislawa Szymborska
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower,
“The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.”
— David Herbert Lawrence
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If you wish to make an apple
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
— Carl Sagan
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Never does nature say one thing and
“Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.”
— Juvenal
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Modern morality and manners suppress all natural
“Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.”
— Aleister Crowley
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Every artist dips his brush in his
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
— Henry Ward Beecher
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