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    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.

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There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up
empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.

There are no grotesques in nature; not anything framed to fill up
empty cantons, and unnecessary spaces.

by Sir Thomas Browne 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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There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where read more

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes. By the deep sea, and music in its roars; I love not man the less, but nature more.

by George Gordon Found in: Nature Quotes,
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The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

The bluebird carries the sky on his back.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Nature Quotes,
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There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.

There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.

by Annie Dillard Found in: Nature Quotes,
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External nature is only internal nature writ large.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

by Swami Vivekananda 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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The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses.

The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses.

by William Manchester Found in: Nature Quotes,
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The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

by Jean Giraudoux Found in: Nature Quotes,
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