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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Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a womans quality. – Pierre Corneille

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Nature

With innovation and technology, seems we have forgotten to cherish the true beauty the world has to offer. – A.C. Van Cherub, 2008

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Nature

I have resolved on an enterprise that has no precedent and will have no imitator. I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature and that man will be myself. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Nature

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve. – Max Planck

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Nature

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Youre basically the sum of all the experiences youve ever had, and theyre sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies. – Ben Affleck

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Let there be a small country with few people . . .
Though neighboring communities overlook one another and the crowing of cocks and barking of dogs can be heard,
Yet the people there may grow old and die without ever visiting one another. – Lao-Tzu

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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. – Author unknown, commonly misattributed to Samuel Johnson (www.samueljohnson.com/

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Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended. – Zsa Zsa Gabor

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