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    Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak

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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can read more

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

by Elwyn Brooks White Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

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Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.

by Kahlil Gibran Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms.

Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms.

by Ikkyu Sojun Found in: Nature Quotes,
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When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare.

When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare.

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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,
Exhilarate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid Nature.

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,
Exhilarate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid Nature.

by William Cowper Found in: Nature Quotes,
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I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. My bank of wild grass is majestic and full read more

I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music. It is a fire that solitude presses against my lips.

by Violette Leduc Found in: Nature Quotes,
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That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should read more

That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds.

by Lydia M. Child Found in: Nature Quotes,
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How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!

How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!

by Emily Dickinson Found in: Nature Quotes,
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