Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see.
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
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Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.
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It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.
Nature is always too strong for principle.
We are so fond of being out among Nature, because it has no opinions about us.
Nature is wont to hide herself.
Philosophy is written in this grand book, which stands continually open before our eyes (I say the Universe), but can not be understood without first learning to comprehend the language and know the characters as it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and its characters are triangles, circles and other geometric figures, without which it is impossible to humanly understand a word; without these one is wandering in a dark labyrinth.
How sad to think that nature speaks and mankind doesn't listen.
Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.
Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
Nature does nothing in vain.
People must help one another it is nature's law.
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.
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Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.
Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.
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Reason misleads us more often than nature.
It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little.
Art is the transition from nature to education, and from education to nature.
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
Flowers are the beautiful words and hieroglyphics of Nature, by which she indicates how much she loves us.
Nature does not make jumps.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
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Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.
Nature never breaks her own laws.
Water is the driving force of all nature.
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Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
Two things teach man about his whole nature: instinct and experience.
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