Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.

Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

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.

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but only one view.

There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but only one view.

Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.

Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.

Use what talent you possess-the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.

Use what talent you possess-the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.