“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous”
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“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous”
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.”
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
“All art is but imitation of nature”
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience”
“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. ”
“Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.”
“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.”
“In plain words, chaos was the law of nature, order was the dream of man.””
“Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense”
““What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable”
“Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass”
“There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress”
“A cloudy day, or a little sunshine, have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most real blessings or misfortunes”
“True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise”
“Nature is the art of God”
“Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea”
“To create a little flower is the labour of ages”
“Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature”
“If you violate nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman”