Quote by Clarence Day
We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand but the

We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways. – Clarence Day

Other quotes by Clarence Day

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health. – Clarence Day

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finance
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Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. – Clarence Day

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Curiosity
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Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character. – Clarence Day

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Age
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Nature
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There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another. – Edouard Manet

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Nature

I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods. Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup. – Wendell Berry

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Nature

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. – Roger Miller

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Nature

The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it. – John Stuart Mill

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Nature

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I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, its OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink. – Karl Lagerfeld

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A play is much easier to maintain your personal life with because if youre rehearsing, youre working like from 11 to 6 or 11 to 5 and you get to have your whole morning and your whole evening. When youre doing the play, you have all day. – Maggie Gyllenhaal

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