977 private quotes tagged nature

“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.” — Charles Dickens

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“Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.” — Stephen King

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“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” — Moliere

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“But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat.” — David Millar

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“Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.” — Honore de Balzac

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“Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person.” — Sandra Day O'Connor

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“Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another but women are by nature enemies.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

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“Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life.” — Joseph Conrad

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“Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.” — John Milton

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“Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best for that we must have recourse to art.” — Baltasar Gracian

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“Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.” — Thomas Hobbes

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“If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.” — Havelock Ellis

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“All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.” — Frances Wright

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“Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with doing the wrong that I do is through the frailty of human nature, like other men. No man lives without fault.” — Joseph Smith, Jr.

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“Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.” — Peter Ustinov

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“I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.” — Baruch Spinoza

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“The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.” — Eric Hoffer

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“The exposed nature of life in the public square affects leaders' attitudes toward risk - and failure.” — Dee Dee Myers

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“By nature, men love newfangledness.” — Geoffrey Chaucer

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“Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature.” — Jack Kingston

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“Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?” — Daisaku Ikeda

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“Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.” — Lindsay Lohan

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“Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.” — Alan King

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“But when women are moved and lend help, when women, who are by nature calm and controlled, give encouragement and applause, when virtuous and knowledgeable women grace the endeavor with their sweet love, then it is invincible.” — Jose Marti

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“A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.” — Paul Getty

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