For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to sea for pearls (Jubilate Agno)
Christopher SmartReason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them (A Treatise Upon Human Nature)
David HumeNature intended women to be our slaves... THey are our property... They belong to us, just as a tree that bears fruit belongs to a gardener.
Napoleon BonaparteHow selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.
[The Theory of Moral Sentiments]
Adam SmithFamily, nature and health all go together.
Olivia Newton-JohnHuman judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
Arthur C ClarkeBeauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.
John MiltonNature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.
Honore De BalzacNature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature
Josiah Gilbert HollandThe function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
Soren KierkegaardWe can act as if there were a God; feel as if we were free; consider Nature as if she were full of special designs; lay plans as if we were to be immortal; and we find then that these words do make a genuine difference in our moral life.
William JamesBut on and up, where Nature's heart
Beats strong amid the hills.
Richard Monckton MilnesWe pine for kindred natures
To mingle with our own.
Felicia HemansThe absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.
CiceroTwo honest and good-natured anglers have never met each other by the way without crying out, 'What luck?'
Henry Jackson Van DykeA kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
Ingrid BergmanEvery artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward Beecher Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
Samuel SmilesMan is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation. (Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, 1840)
William WhewellNature is cruel; therefore we are also entitled to be cruel. When I send the flower of German youth into the steel hail of the war without feeling the slightest regret over the precious German blood that is being spilled, should I also not have the right to eliminate millions of an inferior race that multiply like vermin.
Adolf HitlerBy faithful study of the nobler arts, our nature's softened, and more gentle grows.
OvidA signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
Evan EsarNature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense
William Lyon PhelpsThere are all sorts of rumour in football all the time but that is the nature of the game at the top level.
Djibril CisseWe should try to achieve things for ourselves and not rely on former or past family glories with which we have no connection but the arbitrary nature of our birth.
Shirley FranklinIt has not been in vain: the good, the enlightened of all ages and nations have found pleasure and consolation in the beauty of the rural earth. Prophets of old retired into the solitudes of nature to wait the inspiration of heaven. It was upon Mount Horeb that Elija experienced the mighty wind, the earthquake, and the fire; and, heard the small still voice. That voice is yet heard among the mountains!
Thomas ColeThe laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom
MontaigneAs human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility.
Arnold ToynbeeEvery investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes it ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.
AthenaeusArt may imitate wild nature; less often does it dare to place itself in the midst of it, and when it does, it may come out second best. [Profound indeed]
John HartI don't know what I feel about wearing my furs anymore. I worked so hard to have a fur coat, and I don't want to wear it anymore because I'm so wrapped up in the animals. I have real deep thoughts about it because I care about the world and nature.
Diana RossAll things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.
Sir Thomas BrowneThose decisions cost us three points and possibly £50m. Dowd by name, Dowd by nature....the only thing consistent about these fellas is their inconsistency.
Paul JewellIdeas are the vegetation of the mental world. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil or climate and droop in another.
Macneile DixonAs long as I retain my feeling and my passion for Nature, I can partly soften or subdue my other passions and resist or endure those of others.
Lord ByronIf the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
Charles DarwinA spaceship is a delicately balanced environment. Every element that doesn't contribute to the overall functioning of the system is by definition working against it. The same is true of our planet – our mothership – though sadly, most architecture today is slowly fatal to nature's systems
Constance AdamsYou are a pest, by the very nature of that camera in your hand.
Princess AnneThe imagination is man's power over nature.
Wallace StevensTears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
Christian Nestell BoveeExcept the blind forces of Nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin.
Sir Henry MaineIt is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
Kenneth TynanFor a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
Richard Feynman A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought
Albert EinsteinNothing can be more destructive to ambition, and the passion for conquest, than the true system of astronomy. What a poor thing is even the whole globe in comparison of the infinite extent of nature!
Bernard FontenelleNature is indifferent to the survival of the human species, including Americans.
Adlai StevensonI look upon enthusiasm, in all other points but that of religion, to be a very necessary turn of mind; as indeed it is a vein which nature seems to have marked with more or less strength, in the tempers of most men. No matter what the object is, whether business, pleasures or the fine arts: whoever pursues them to any purpose must do so con amore
William MelmothIt is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. (A Treatise Upon Human Nature)
David HumeSpace offers extraordinary potential for commerce and adventure, for new innovations and new tests of will. As Americans, we can't help but reach for the stars. It's our nature. It's our destiny
Bill FristGuys go off to excuse themselves, nature calls and that's how it goes
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