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

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

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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another. – Joseph Addison

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Life
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The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves. – Joseph Addison

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Our downfall as a species is that we are arrogant enough to think that we can control Mother Nature and stupid enough to think it is our job. – Greg Peterson, 1997, www.urbanfarm.org

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Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. – Jean Ingelow

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The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it. – Paul Cezanne

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A poem need not have a meaning and like most things in nature often does not have. – Wallace Stevens

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