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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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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. – Carl Sagan

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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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What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning. – Werner Heisenberg

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