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Quote by Maria Mitchell
Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. – Maria Mitchell

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I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment. – Maria Mitchell

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Learning
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We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing. – Maria Mitchell

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Knowledge
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I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men. – Maria Mitchell

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alone
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Other Quotes from
Nature
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I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial. – Charles Baudelaire

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Nature

I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself. – Edward Steichen

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Nature

Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires. – Marquis de Sade

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Nature

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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Nature

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I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way. – Anthony Horowitz

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That old law about an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I do not believe abortion should be legal. – Herman Cain

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My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing. – Emo Philips

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