Nature hath given not only to the highest, but also to the inferior, classes of the people of — Giraldus Cambrensis
Save for the wild force of nature, nothing moves in this world that is not greek in its origin. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in america arise, not from defects in their — John Adams
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of — Joseph Addison
The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering – that long and arduous — L. Sprague de Camp
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself grow dim with age, and nature sink in years — Joseph Addison
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise — Joseph Addison
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. — Joseph Addison
In the end of five years I made supplication to the king to go out of this land, desiring — William Adams
To conquer nature is, in effect, to remove all natural barriers and human norms and to — Alex Campbell
The study of nature is intercourse with the highest mind. You should never trifle with nature. — Louis Agassiz
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature. — Margot Asquith
We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things. — Leon Battista Alberti
From a sequence of these individual patterns, whole buildings with the character of nature — Christopher Alexander
This is a fundamental view of the world. It says that when you build a thing you cannot — Christopher Alexander
The structure of life I have described in buildings – the structure which I believe to be objective — Christopher Alexander
I am grateful for – though I can’t keep up with – the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks — A. R. Ammons
From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given — Alfred de Vigny
And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed — Saint John Chrysostom
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art. — Baltasar Gracián