#nature

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#greatest weakness #human #human nature #inconsistency #mutability

Custom is second nature. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#nature #second

What type of flavor do you think I prefer?" She cocked her head. "The subtle, the delicately made. You're the type of person who wants the mystery inside the flower bud." I can still appreciate the different nuances of the stronger flavors." He studied the orchid in the center of the table. "With the very delicate, you sculpt something down to such a whisper of form, there's nothing else it can be. It's in strength you find surprises, variation. ↗

— Joey W. Hill

#marguerite #tyler #nature

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#fact #naturalism #reliable #true #nature

As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#comes #defect #defective #individual #likeness

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue. ↗

— Mary Astell

#consider #contemptible #creatures #fly #god

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. ↗

— Jane Austen

#dies #disposed #either #human #human nature

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#course #destination #distance #historical #line

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. ↗

— John Acton

#greek #moves #nature #nothing #origin

When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a bit of a spitfire, so in that way, I absolutely live up to the stereotype. The red hair suits my personality. I was a terrible blonde! ↗

— Amy Adams

#accused #been #being #bit #blonde