Who said "Nature's designs mock our attempts at simplification."?

This quote is attributed to Georges Cuvier.

Nature's designs mock our attempts at simplification. - Georges Cuvier

"Nature's designs mock our attempts at simplification."

Georges Cuvier

Zoologist and Paleontologist French 1769–1832

"The animal is characterised by five senses; commune with nature and you will gain the wisdom of the ages."

"Cuvier's principle of correlation shows us that the parts of an organism must work in harmony."

"In nature, nothing is created, nothing is lost; everything changes."

"The study of fossils reveals the history written in stone."