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" Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth. "

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" To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature. "

" It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial. "

Edgar Allan Poe

" I love not man the less, but Nature more. "

" The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. "

" Sweet April showers do spring May flowers. "

" Our behavior toward each other is the strangest, most unpredictable, and most unaccountable of all the phenomena with which we are obliged to live. In all of nature, there is nothing so threatening to humanity as humanity itself. "

" The painter who is familiar with the nature of the sinews, muscles, and tendons, will know very well, in giving movement to a limb, how many and which sinews cause it; and which muscle, by swelling, causes the contraction of that sinew; and which sinews, expanded into the thinnest cartilage, surround and support the said muscle. "

Leonardo da Vinci

" Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal. "

Arthur C. Clarke

" I had only one idea before me throughout the trial, i.e. to show complete indifference towards the trial in spite of serious nature of the charges against us. "

" Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. "

" It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. "

" Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. "

Winston Churchill

" One who is kind is sympathetic and gentle with others. He is considerate of others' feelings and courteous in his behavior. He has a helpful nature. Kindness pardons others' weaknesses and faults. Kindness is extended to all - to the aged and the young, to animals, to those low of station as well as the high. "

Ezra Taft Benson

" The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet. "

Rebecca Harding Davis

" By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You've just got to keep moving. You can't stop. "

" The whole nature of photography has changed with the advent of a camera in everybody's hand. "

" Wars will remain while human nature remains. I believe in my soul in cooperation, in arbitration; but the soldier's occupation we cannot say is gone until human nature is gone. "

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" Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature. "

" Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations. "

" Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise. "

" I think I've got a real love thing going. I love people, I love life, and I love nature, and I can't see why other people can't be like that. "

" Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature. "

" Things have a way of moving to the left, and then they move back to the right before somebody finds themselves in the center. That seems to be the nature of the creative world. It's not stagnant. I don't get upset about it. "

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" For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all. "

" Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together. "

" All men are by nature born equally free and independent. "

" They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. "

" Gray skies are just clouds passing over. "