Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature and the error is ineradicable. – W. Somerset Maugham

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Nature is wont to hide herself. – Heraclitus

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We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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