Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God’s grandchild. — Dante Alighieri
States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly — Niccolo Machiavelli
Always begin anew with the day, just as nature does. It is one of the sensible things that nature does. — George Edward Woodberry
I am quite sure that no friendship yields its true pleasure and nobility of nature — George Edward Woodberry
We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. — Abraham Lincoln
There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.
I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that — Oscar Wilde
We must therefore take account of this changeable nature of things and of human institutions — Pope Pius XI
There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind. — Sarah Josepha Hale
The same law of nature, that does by this means give us property, does also bound that property…. — John Locke
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil. — Benjamin Haydon
The only angels we need invoke are those of our better nature: reason, honesty, and love. — Sam Harris
Photography started as a means of getting reference material for my paintings of nature subjects. — Nigel Dennis
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how nature is. Physics concerns what we say about nature. — Niels Bohr
Nature never said to me: do not be poor; still less did she say: be rich; her cry to me was always: be independent. — Nicolas Chamfort
The first four words ever uttered, “let there be light,” constitute its charter. All nature is vibrant with its impulse. — Bruce Fairchild Barton
Facts are not truths; they are not conclusions; they are not even premises, but in the nature and parts of premises. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted nonsense give to a hard working man. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life — Peyton Conway March
Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment — Niccolo Machiavelli