#natur

Law is born from despair of human nature. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

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Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man. ↗

— William Godwin

#discretion #every #every man #expect #flows

It is not because I do not love my adopted land - it is the natural feeling of one far from home, who remembers those happy, carefree days when life flowed at full tide, without responsibility, flashing past one like the drama in a fascinating story of adventure and romance. ↗

— Erich von Stroheim

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His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

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What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does. ↗

— Bill Moyers

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The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits , who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament. ↗

— Paracelsus

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When we see a natural style, we are astonished and charmed; for we expected to see an author, and we find a person. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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All nature is but art unknown to thee. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#nature #thee #unknown

Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

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Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing excitement. ↗

— Dawn Powell

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