Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1819
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Nature never breaks her own laws.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500Men argue, nature acts.
—Voltaire, 1764A garden must be looked into, and dressed as the body.
—George Herbert, 1640I always think of nature as a great spectacle, somewhat resembling the opera.
—Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.
—The BibleThe temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
—Basho, c. 1690