#nature

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways. ↗

— Clarence Day

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Nature made the fields and man the cities. ↗

— Marcus Terentius Varro

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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed. ↗

— James Dean

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There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all that book which, alas, musicians read but too little - the book of Nature. ↗

— Claude Debussy

#beautiful #book #development #example #feels

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined; and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature. ↗

— Patty Duke

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Nature is in austere mood, even terrifying, withal majestically beautiful. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#beautiful #even #mood #nature #terrifying

Nature has always had more force than education. ↗

— Voltaire

#education #force #had #more #nature

I'm very competitive by nature. And I like to be the underdog - It's the best way to win. To come from behind and win is a great feeling! ↗