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The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower read more
The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they
being both the servants of his read more
Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they
being both the servants of his providence. Art is the perfection
of nature. Were the world now as it was the sixth day, there
were yet a chaos. Nature hath made one world, and art another.
In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the art of
God.
It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this read more
It occurred to me that if this were a sight that could be seen only once in a century, this little headland would be thronged with spectators.
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
Because we don't think about future generations, they will never forget us.
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, read more
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.
Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere
Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.