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nature learning evil
Nature is not cruel, only pitilessly indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be neither good nor evil, neither cruel nor kind, but simply callous-indifferent to all suffering, lacking all purpose. Richard Dawkins
nature men wisest-man
Nature hath nothing made so base, but can read some instruction to the wisest man. Tryon Edwards
nature land people
Increasingly the evidence suggests that people benefit so much from contact with nature that land conservation can now be viewed as a public health strategy. Richard Louv
nature butterfly apples
I meant to do my work today But a brown bird sang in the apple tree And a butterfly flitted across the field And all the leaves were calling me. Richard Le Gallienne
nature thinking earth-day
I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend? Robert Redford
nature butterfly men
Frogs eat Butterflies, Snakes eat Frogs, Hogs eat Snakes, Men eat Hogs. Wallace Stevens
nature spring silly
Poor, dear, silly Spring, preparing her annual surprise! Wallace Stevens
nature tree way
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. Willa Cather
nature cutting tree
Everyone goes to the forest; some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees. Vladimir Horowitz
flower night urban-legends
'American Horror' goes for a very specific kind of Seventies suburban downer ambience - 'Flowers in the Attic' paperbacks, Black Sabbath album covers and late-night flicks like 'Let's Scare Jessica to Death.' It even has 'Go Ask Alice'-era urban legends. Rob Sheffield
flower years nuts
Some persons resemble certain trees, such as the nut, which flowers in February and ripens its fruit in September; or the juniper and the arbutus; which take a whole year or more to perfect their fruit; and others, the cherry, which takes between two an three months. Richard Whately
flower butterfly sky
Without butterflies, the world would soon have few flowers. There is enough room in the sky for all flyers. Trina
flower long stories
Long as there's a sun that sets, Primroses will have their glory; Long as there are violets, They will have a place in story: There's a flower that shall be mine, 'Tis the little Celandine. William Wordsworth
flower dancing fluttering
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. William Wordsworth
flower sleep heart
The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune. William Wordsworth
flower air wreaths
'Tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes! William Wordsworth
flower smell shy
The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly. William Wordsworth
flower technology medicine
Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine. Richard Selzer
jealousy envy envious
Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it. William Shenstone
jealousy emotional guilt
Emotional occasions, especially violent ones, are extremely potent in precipitating mental rearrangements. The sudden and explosive ways in which love, jealousy, guilt, fear, remorse, or anger can seize upon one are known to everybody. . . . And emotions that come in this explosive way seldom leave things as they found them. William James
jealousy mean greatness
There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report. Richard Le Gallienne
jealousy land doctrine
It is remarkable that jealousy of individual property in land often goes along with very exaggerated doctrines of tribal or national property in land. William Graham Sumner
jealous men jealous-love
When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself. Voltaire
jealous shoes laughing
He bends over to untie his shoes. “So, have you been ostracized from your little crowd of devotees?” “No,” I say automatically. Then I add, “Maybe. But they aren’t my devotees.” “Please. They’re like the Cult of Four.” I can’t help but laugh. “Jealous? Wish you had a Cult of Psychopaths to call your very own? Veronica Roth
jealousy trifles
O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. Friedrich Schiller
jealous thinking people
Why do all these people want [comedians] to be serious? The reason they want that is these are people who aren't funny. Anybody funny can be serious, but people who have no sense of humor, they can never be funny - and frankly, they're jealous. There's very few comic actors. Think about it. There aren't that many. It's hard because you have to be able to do both. Jon Lovitz
jealousy envy world
Jealousy dislikes the world to know it. Lord Byron