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    Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

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Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

Nature is a revelation of God; Art is a revelation of man

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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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Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

by Rabindranath Tagore Found in: Nature Quotes,
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Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more read more

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.

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To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

by Auguste Rodin Found in: Nature Quotes,
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There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.

There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.

by John Muir Found in: Nature Quotes,
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How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of read more

How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?

by Charles Lindbergh Found in: Nature Quotes,
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There is no forgiveness in nature.

There is no forgiveness in nature.

by Ugo Betti Found in: Nature Quotes,
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