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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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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. – John Cage

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Man is by nature competitive, combative, ambitious, jealous, envious, and vengeful. – Arthur Keith

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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn. – C. Northcote Parkinson

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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. – Socrates

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