Nature Quotes

Mountains, oceans, and everything growing in between. The natural world as teacher and mirror.

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"What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the luxuries and conceits of life that we laboriously struggle."
Pliny the Elder
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"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Pliny the Elder
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"Animals alone are given the privilege of utter innocence."
Pliny the Elder
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"All nature strives toward perfection."
Pliny the Elder
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"The works of man are imperfect in comparison with those of nature."
Pliny the Elder
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"Nature abhors a vacuum."
Pliny the Elder
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"Every animal is incapable of falsehood."
Pliny the Elder
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"In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds."
Horace
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"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Pliny the Younger
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"The forest is the salvation of the soul."
Pliny the Younger
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"In the garden of life, weeds grow as readily as flowers."
Pliny the Younger
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"Nature's lessons are written for those who will read them."
Martial
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"Nature does nothing uselessly."
Pliny the Elder
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"Nature's laws are written in the hearts of men."
Pliny the Elder
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"Mountains are the beginning and end of all natural scenery."
Pliny the Elder
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"The sea is a teacher to those patient enough to listen."
Pliny the Elder
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"Volcanoes remind us of the awesome power that lies beneath our feet."
Pliny the Elder
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"The forest speaks to those who know how to hear it."
Pliny the Elder
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"The diversity of life is nature's greatest gift to the world."
Pliny the Elder
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"Nature teaches those who observe with patience."
Livy
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"Nature does nothing uselessly."
Suetonius
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"The days grow short, but not the chill they bring."
Horace
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"Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak."
Horace
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"Sweet is the lore which Nature brings."
Horace
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"Look carefully into nature and you will understand everything better."
Pliny the Younger
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"The beauty of nature surpasses all the works of man."
Pliny the Younger
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"The human heart desires what is forbidden."
Tacitus
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"Nature abhors a vacuum and so do men."
Tacitus
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"Nature operates according to immutable laws that mortals cannot alter."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"In every corner of nature, there exists something worthy of amazement."
Pliny the Elder