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Quote by James Whistler
To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to

To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano. – James Whistler

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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. – Saint Augustine

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Those who made and endorsed our Constitution knew mans nature, and it is to their ideas, rather than to the temptations of utopia, that we must ask that our judges adhere. – Robert Bork

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There is not so variable a thing in nature as a ladys head-dress. – Joseph Addison

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Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. – William Wordsworth

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