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Nature never breaks her own laws.

—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500

Nature’s rules have no exceptions.

—Herbert Spencer, 1851

Nature is the art of God.

—Thomas Browne, 1635

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.

—The Bible

Drive out nature with a pitchfork, and she will always come back. 

—Horace, c. 25 BC

Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.

—George Eliot, 1857

A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.

—George Herbert, 1640
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