Quotes with nature

Quotes 261 till 280 of 832.

  • Beatrice Webb If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited.
    Beatrice Webb
    English sociologist and economist (1858 - 1943)
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  • Alex Noble If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.
    Alex Noble
    Australian athlete and motivational speaker
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  • Brendan Myers If loneliness is part of our essence, that is, our essential nature, that is only because of the way, in practical terms, we actually exist; that is, the way we move and work and live in the world.
    Brendan Myers
    Canadian philosopher and author (1974 - )
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  • Albert Camus If only nature is real and if, in nature, only desire and destruction are legitimate, then, in that all humanity does not suffice to assuage the thirst for blood, the path of destruction must lead to universal annihilation.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Charles Darwin If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
    Charles Darwin
    English scientist and biologist (1809 - 1882)
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  • Benjamin N. Cardozo If the nature of a thing is such that it is reasonably certain to place life and limb in peril when negligently made, it is then a thing of danger. Its nature gives warning of the consequences to be expected. If to the element of danger there is added knowledge that the thing will be used by persons other than the purchaser, and used without new tests, then, irrespective of contract, the manufacturer of this thing of danger is under a duty to make it carefully.
    MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co.
    Benjamin N. Cardozo
    American lawyer and jurist (1870 - 1938)
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  • George Bernard Shaw If there was twenty ways of telling the truth and only one way of telling a lie, the Government would find it out. It's in the nature of governments to tell lies.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Fran Lebowitz If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • Alex Trebek If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.
    Alex Trebek
    Canadian-American television personality and actor (1940 - )
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Seneca If you live according to the dictates of nature, you will never be poor; if according to the notions of man, you will never be rich.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Thomas Carlyle If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Alexander Smith If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death.
    Alexander Smith
    Scottish Poet, Author (1829 - 1867)
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  • George Eliot In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Aristotle In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • George Santayana In endowing us with memory, nature has revealed to us a truth utterly unimaginable to the unreflective creation, the truth of immortality. The most ideal human passion is love, which is also the most absolute and animal and one of the most ephemeral.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • John Muir In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
    John Muir
    Scottish-American writer and conservationist (1838 - 1914)
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  • Benjamin Franklin In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Carol P. Christ In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments of Biblical religion.
    Carol P. Christ
    American feminist historian and author (1945 - )
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  • Galileo Galilei In my opinion nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
    Galileo Galilei
    Italian physicist (1564 - 1642)
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