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Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man. - Henry Ad

Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man. – Henry Adams

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The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing. – Henry Adams

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Trust
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No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. – Henry Adams

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Miscellaneous
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Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. – Henry Adams

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Travel
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Other Quotes from
Nature
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Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. – Roger Miller

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Nature

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles. – Xun Zi

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Nature

Once you have heard the lark, known the swish of feet through hill-top grass and smelt the earth made ready for the seed, you are never again going to be fully happy about the cities and towns that man carries like a crippling weight upon his back. – Gwyn Thomas

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Nature

The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man. – Author Unknown

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Nature

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Conscience warns us before it reproaches us. – Comtesse Diane (Marie Josephine de Suin de Beausacq), Maximes de la vie, 1908

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Integrity

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war –for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. Id say we deserve ours more. – John Lennon

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Beatles, The

Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britains scientific competitiveness. – Vince Cable

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Education

The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. – Portuguese Proverb

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Dogs