#nat

To weigh and evaluate a vast grid of information, much of it meaningless, and to arrive at sensible, if erroneous, conclusions, is a skill not to be sneezed at. ↗

— Richard Russo

#nature

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#caricatures #habitat #how #natural #nature

I have an acute sense of delicacy. Naturally I am prejudiced in favour of virtue. ("The Accursed Cordonnier") ↗

— Bernard Capes

#virtue #nature

Do mesmo modo que o papel-moeda circula no lugar da prata, também no mundo, no lugar da estima verdadeira e da amizade autêntica, circulam as suas demonstrações exteriores e os seus gestos imitados do modo mais natural possível. Por outro lado, poder-se-ia perguntar se há pessoas que de facto merecem essa estima e essa amizade. Em todo o caso, dou mais valor aos abanos de cauda de um cão leal do que a cem daquelas demonstações e gestos. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#animais #cão #pessoas #nature

A female ship should slowly go to dock when she sees a male harbour, for this is the most natural thing to do! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#nature

Never trust a man who dresses too well or stays too clean. It ain't natural and whatever he's up to probably ain't legal. ↗

— Sue Merrell

#legal #natural #trust #well-dressed #nature

You don't invent circumstances, but when they happen they reveal human nature. ↗

— Louis Khan

#human-nature #nature

Si l'homme rit, s'il est le seul, parmi le règne animal, à exhiber cette atroce déformation faciale, c'est également qu'il est le seul, dépassant l'égoïsme de la nature animale, à avoir atteint le stade infernal et suprême de la cruauté. ↗

— Michel Houellebecq

#humanité #rire #égoïsme #nature

The winter will be long and bleak. Nature has a dismal aspect. ↗

— Charles Nodier

#nature

There are moments when we think nature happens just for us, and there are other moments when the ridiculousness of that notion is revealed. ↗

— Elizabeth Berg

#nature