Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Nature counts nothing that she meets with base, / But lives and loves in every place. Tennyson.

Nature, crescent, does not grow alone / In thews and bulk; but, as this temple waxes, / The inward service of the mind and soul / Grows wide withal. Ham., i. 3.

Nature does more than supply materials; she also supplies powers. J. S. Mill.

Nature does not cocker us; we are children, 40 not pets; she is not fond; everything is dealt to us without fear or favour, after severe, universal laws. Emerson.

Nature does not like to be observed, and likes that we should be her fools and playmates. Emerson.

Nature does not make all great men, more than all other men, in the self-same mould. Carlyle.

Nature draws with greater force than seven oxen. Ger. Pr.

Nature ever provides for her own exigencies. Sen.

Nature fashions no creature without implanting in it the strength needful for its action and duration. Carlyle.

Nature forces on our heart a Creator; history, a Providence. Jean Paul.