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 is the immense shadow of man. Emerson.

Nature is the living, visible garment of God. Goethe.

Nature is the only book that teems with meaning on every page. Goethe.

Nature knows how to convert evil to good; Nature utilises misers, fanatics, showmen, egotists to accomplish her ends; but we must not think better of the foible for that. Emerson.

Nature knows no equality; her sovereign 5 law is subordination and dependence. Vauvenargues.

Nature knows no pause in progress and development, and attaches her curse on all inaction. Goethe.

Nature listening stood whilst Shakespeare play'd, / And wonder'd at the work herself had made. Churchill.

Nature made every fop to plague his brother, / Just as one beauty mortifies another. Pope.

Nature makes us vagabonds, the world makes us respectable. Alexander Smith.

Nature meant to make woman her masterpiece, 10 but committed a mistake in the choice of the clay; she took it too fine. Lessing.