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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a persons mind, she generally pla

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a persons mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Nothing is given to man on earth – struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible – the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen. – Andrew Bernstein

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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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A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils. – Margaret Cavendish

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Go forth under the open sky, and list To Natures teachings. – William C. Bryant

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