Quotes about nature
nature zoos church
Nature is to zoos as God is to churches. Margaret Atwood
nature spring garden
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
nature victory haughty
Victory is by nature insolent and haughty. Marcus Tullius Cicero
nature world excellent
The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.
nature law opinion
Not in opinion but in nature is law founded.
nature law opposites
Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.
nature fields dimensions
Nature has circumscribed the field of life within small dimensions, but has left the field of glory unmeasured.
nature sacred obedience
I follow nature as the surest guide, and resign myself with implicit obedience to her sacred ordinances.
nature men study
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
nature law impossible
What is impossible by the nature of things is not confirmed by any law.
nature annihilation
Nature abhors annihilation. [Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]
nature mistake philosophical
It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
nature rainbow forget
One can enjoy a rainbow without necessarily forgetting the forces that made it. Mark Twain
nature inspiration cat
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
nature men humanity
If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.
nature animal men
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.
nature men chastity
Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.
nature invention lacking
In her (nature's) inventions nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous. Leonardo da Vinci
nature travel eye
Of several bodies all equally larger and distant, that most brightly illuminated will appear to the eye nearest and largest.
nature travel differences
When the sun is covered by clouds, objects are less conspicuous, because there is little difference between the light and shade of the trees and the buildings being illuminated by the brightness of the atmosphere which surrounds the objects in such a way that the shadows are few, and these few fade away so that their outline is lost in haze.
nature travel variation
Nature is so delightful and abundant in its variations that there would not be one that resembles another, and not only plants as a whole, but among their branches, leaves and fruit, will not be found one which is precisely like another.
nature travel home
What induces you, oh man, to depart from your home in town, to leave parents and friends, and go to the countryside over mountains and valleys, if it is not for the beauty of the world of nature?
nature travel sea
Of the four elements water is the second in weight and the second in respect of mobility. It is never at rest until it unites with the sea...
nature travel giving
If you throw a stone in a pond... the waves which strike against the shores are thrown back towards the spot where the stone struck; and on meeting other waves they never intercept each other's course... In a small pond one and the same stroke gives birth to many motions of advance and recoil.
nature travel air
To speak of this subject you must... explain the nature of the resistance of the air, in the second the anatomy of the bird and its wings, in the third the method of working the wings in their various movements, in the fourth the power of the wings and the tail when the wings are not being moved and when the wind is favourable to serve as guide in various movements.
nature air water
Nothing will be left, Nothing in the air, nothing under the earth, nothing in the waters. All will be exterminated.
nature science law
Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law.
nature genius masters
Nature alone is the master of true genius.
nature causes produce
Given the cause nature produces the effect in the briefest manner that it can employ.
nature done way
Every action done by nature is done in the shortest way.
nature law order
Nature is constrained by the cause of her laws which dwell inborn in her. Variant: Nature is constrained by the order of her own law which lives and works within her.
nature mistress guides
Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.
nature travel eye
Very great charm of shadow and light is to be found in the faces of those who sit in the doors of dark houses. The eye of the spectator sees that part of the face which is in shadow lost in the darkness of the house, and that part of the face which is lit draws its brilliancy from the splendour of the sky. From this intensification of light and shade the face gains greatly in relief and beauty by showing the subtlest shadows in the light part and the subtlest lights in the dark part.