#nature

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone? ↗

— Herman Melville

#know #nature #never #principal #quality

No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#been #established #general #however #law

We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature, and to bring life into harmony with the laws of nature. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#could #day #discover #double #harmony

I don't want to be a vampire. A lot of other people do and I think it's that dual nature - we have, you know, terrifying/intriguing. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#i #i think #intriguing #know #lot

I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all. ↗

— Michelangelo

#cities #felt #i #i love #love

It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature. ↗

— Alice Meynell

#great #great time #lapsed #man #nature

The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#duty #follow #his #man #namely

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature. ↗

— Henry Miller

#everything #except #his #man #master

We'll be back to our nature documentary, 'Baggy the Anorexic Elephant' in just a second. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#back #baggy #documentary #elephant #just

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. ↗

— Moliere

#bear #best #fruit #grow #slow