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    The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened to be within reach of predatory human hands.

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I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

by Norman Maccaig Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the read more

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

by Sir John Lubbock Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they
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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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In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

by William Cowper Found in: Nature Quotes,
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I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a read more

I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the read more

Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear the coyote wailing to the yellow dawn, my cares fall from me - I am happy.

by Hamlin Garland Found in: Nature Quotes,
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For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

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The groves were God's first temples.

The groves were God's first temples.

by William Cullen Bryant Found in: Nature Quotes,
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