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    Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it "the Reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature through the veil of the mist

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What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us read more

What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature.

by Voltaire Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of hidden stuff.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of hidden stuff.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

Sentimentality about nature denatures everything it touches.

by Jane Jacobs Found in: Nature Quotes,
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The actuality of all of material Nature is therefore kept out of action and that of all corporeality along with read more

The actuality of all of material Nature is therefore kept out of action and that of all corporeality along with it, including the actuality of my body, the body of the cognizing subject.

by Edmund Husserl Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.

Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.

by James Carswell Found in: Nature Quotes,
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A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

by Anne Bronte 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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For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the read more

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready read more

Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready for the seed, you are never again going to be fully happy about the cities and towns that man carries like a crippling weight upon his back.

by Gwyn Thomas Found in: Nature Quotes,
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