I always think of nature as a great spectacle, somewhat resembling the opera.
—Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
—Chinese proverbNature’s rules have no exceptions.
—Herbert Spencer, 1851Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
—George Eliot, 1857Nature resolves everything into its component elements, but annihilates nothing.
—Lucretius, c. 57 BCAnimals hear about death for the first time when they die.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1819Nature is the art of God.
—Thomas Browne, 1635