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The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature wa

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen mens apples and head their cabbages. – Cyrano de Bergerac

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I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory. – Julius Caesar

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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? – Henry Ward Beecher

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Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting. – Gertrude Stein

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