Nature
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Man is by nature a political animal.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
The family is one of nature's masterpieces.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
Scenery is fine — but human nature is finer.
To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.
I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the end of time.
As attractive as it is, the idea that nature can exist beyond our dangerous 'instinct for happiness' is never the whole story.
Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.
Going to the woods is going home, for I suppose we came from the woods originally. But in some of nature's forests, the adventurous traveler seems a feeble, unwelcome creature; wild beasts and the weather trying to kill him, the rank, tangled vegetation, armed with spears and stinging needles, barring his way and making life a hard struggle.
I am big into water sports and just being out on the water. That is second nature to me, being from Florida.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
Painting is by nature a luminous language.
Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.
Unfortunately, it is human nature for us to only learn and grow from a place of emptiness. It's hard to learn when we are winning and on top of the world.
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