#natura

Tonight the sun has died like an Emperor ... great scarlet arcs of silk ... saffron ... green ... crimson ... and the blaze of Venus to remind one of the absolute and the infinite ... and along the lower rim of beauty lay the hard harsh line of the hills ... ↗

— John Coldstream

#description #imagery #natural-world #silk #sunset

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#compassion #demand #food #hunger #natural

Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#bound #degree #easily #enjoyments #every

There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we are apt to take notice of. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#between #correspondence #exact #moral #more

I love sports. Anytime I can combine sports with a film I'm a happy guy. It's such a natural fit, because sports always seems to be a metaphor for life. Always, always, always. ↗

— Dean Cain

#anytime #because #combine #film #fit

But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we may work him according to nature. ↗

— William Cavendish

#consider #form #him #horse #may

Americans rightly asked, if this is the way our government responds to a natural disaster it knew about days in advance, how would it respond to a surprise terrorist attack? How would it respond to an earthquake? ↗

— Russ Carnahan

#advance #asked #attack #days #disaster

From protecting our natural resources to providing maritime security and national defense, the Coast Guard's duties are broad in scope, and the performance of those duties has never been more important. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

#broad #coast #defense #duties #guard

Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

#examinations #go #great #great success #naturally

Did you know hemp is a natural fiber' ↗

— Tia Carrere

#fiber #hemp #know #natural #you