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.
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Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.
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We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.
We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.
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Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.
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At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still
And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,
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At the close of the day, when the hamlet is still
And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,
When nought but the torrent is heard on the hill
And nought but the nightingale's song in the grove.
We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.
We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.
We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.
