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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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Art is mans nature: Nature is Gods art. – Philip James Bailey

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If you dont know how to die, dont worry Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you dont bother your head about it. – Michel de Montaigne

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It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. – Frederick Douglass

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Nature is the master of talents genius is the master of nature. – J. G. Holland

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People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster. – James Baldwin

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Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You dont fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day. – Jim Rohn

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