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Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves. -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile
Nature often enshrines gallant and noble hearts in weak bosoms- oftenest, God bless her!
in female breasts. -- Dicke...
Nature 's above art in that respect. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act iv, Sc.
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Nature teaches beasts to know their friends. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Coriolanus -- Act ii, Sc.
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Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones.
It is easier to get a spark than a moral." -- John Burroughs (1837-1921)...
Nature, the vicar of the Almightie Lord.
-- Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) -- The Assembly of Fowles, Line 379...
Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote.
-- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Ode at the Harvard Commemoration, July 21, 1865...
Nature to all things fixed the limits fit, And wisely curbed proud man's pretending wit.
As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plai...
Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe.
She is always right, and the errors are always those of man. -- Goethe...

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