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Sunday, December 1st, 2024
the First Week of Advent
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Quotations regarding 'Nature'

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In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete (1947-  )
There was a Republican majority of the Senate, and it tempered the nature of the nominations being made.
Spencer Abraham, American Politician (1952-  )
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
John Acton, English Historian (1834-1902)
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
Lord Acton, British Historian (1834-1902)
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
Samuel Adams, American Revolutionary (1722-  )
In the end of five years I made supplication to the king to go out of this land, desiring to see my poor wife and children according to conscience and nature.
Will Adams, English Explorer (1564-1620)
Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.
Henry B. Adams, Historian (1838-1918)
Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.
Henry B. Adams, Historian (1838-1918)
When I died my hair red the first time, I felt as if it was what nature intended. I have been accused of being a bit of a spitfire, so in that way, I absolutely live up to the stereotype. The red hair suits my personality. I was a terrible blonde!
Amy Adams, American Actress (1974-  )
To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.
Ansel Adams, American Photographer (1902-1984)
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.
John Adams, American President (1735-1826)
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
Ansel Adams, American Photographer (1902-1984)
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
Joseph Addison, English Writer (1672-1719)
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.
Joseph Addison, English Writer (1672-1719)
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Joseph Addison, English Writer (1672-1719)
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
Joseph Addison, English Writer (1672-1719)
Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.
Joseph Addison, English Writer (1672-1719)
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
Joseph Addison, English Writer (1672-1719)
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.
Joseph Addison, English Writer (1672-1719)
The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.
Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist (1870-1937)
 
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