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Nature Of Things Quotes

In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things Picture Quote #1

Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers Picture Quote #1

And this lies in the nature of things: What people are potentially is revealed in actuality by what they produce Picture Quote #1

The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things Picture Quote #1

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver Picture Quote #1

Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge, and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things, when they are shown their form or told their use Picture Quote #1

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From the nature of things, every society must at all times possess within itself the sovereign powers of legislation Picture Quote #1

Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of praying if it does not rectify conduct. It is in the very nature of things that we must quit praying, or quit bad conduct Picture Quote #1

We know nothing at all. All our knowledge is but the knowledge of schoolchildren. The real nature of things we shall never know Picture Quote #1

Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced, continued, or concluded Picture Quote #1

The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it Picture Quote #1

His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub’s fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances Picture Quote #1

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The distinction between mind and body is an artificial dichotomy, a discrimination which is unquestionably based far more on the peculiarity of intellectual understanding than on the nature of things Picture Quote #1

Custom... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now Picture Quote #1

Quantum mechanics is weird. I don’t understand it. Just live with it. You don’t have to understand the nature of things in order to build cool devices Picture Quote #1

For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature of things. It is as absurd as it would be to declare truth to be a falsehood, or falsehood a truth Picture Quote #1

In the nature of things, I must soon lose sight of this sense of constant metamorphosis whose limits bound our human life Picture Quote #1

Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things Picture Quote #1

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I desire to go through life knowing as little of evil in it as possible. To this end, I sometimes avoid looking too closely into the nature of things, studying them only so far as they seem to be good, and abandoning interest in them as soon as their darker feature begin to appear. The good only deserves a hearty interest Picture Quote #1

Sensibility... is a direct and particular reaction to the separate and individual nature of things. It begins and ends with the sensuous apprehension of colour, texture and formal relations; and if we strive to organize these elements, it is not with the idea of increasing the knowledge of the mind, but rather in order to intensify the pleasure of the senses Picture Quote #1

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In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things (Nature Of Things Quotes) Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers (Nature Of Things Quotes) And this lies in the nature of things: What people are potentially is revealed in actuality by what they produce (Nature Of Things Quotes) The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he grasps the essential nature of things (Nature Of Things Quotes) For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver (Nature Of Things Quotes) Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge, and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things, when they are shown their form or told their use (Nature Of Things Quotes) From the nature of things, every society must at all times possess within itself the sovereign powers of legislation (Nature Of Things Quotes) Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of praying if it does not rectify conduct. It is in the very nature of things that we must quit praying, or quit bad conduct (Nature Of Things Quotes) We know nothing at all. All our knowledge is but the knowledge of schoolchildren. The real nature of things we shall never know (Nature Of Things Quotes) Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced, continued, or concluded (Nature Of Things Quotes) The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it (Nature Of Things Quotes) His conclusion was that things were not always what they appeared to be. The cub’s fear of the unknown was an inherited distrust, and it had now been strengthened by experience. Thenceforth, in the nature of things, he would possess an abiding distrust of appearances (Nature Of Things Quotes) The distinction between mind and body is an artificial dichotomy, a discrimination which is unquestionably based far more on the peculiarity of intellectual understanding than on the nature of things (Nature Of Things Quotes) Custom... changes the very nature of things; and what was honorable a thousand years ago, may probably be looked upon as infamous now (Nature Of Things Quotes) Quantum mechanics is weird. I don’t understand it. Just live with it. You don’t have to understand the nature of things in order to build cool devices (Nature Of Things Quotes) For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature of things. It is as absurd as it would be to declare truth to be a falsehood, or falsehood a truth (Nature Of Things Quotes) In the nature of things, I must soon lose sight of this sense of constant metamorphosis whose limits bound our human life (Nature Of Things Quotes) Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things (Nature Of Things Quotes) I desire to go through life knowing as little of evil in it as possible. To this end, I sometimes avoid looking too closely into the nature of things, studying them only so far as they seem to be good, and abandoning interest in them as soon as their darker feature begin to appear. The good only deserves a hearty interest (Nature Of Things Quotes) Sensibility... is a direct and particular reaction to the separate and individual nature of things. It begins and ends with the sensuous apprehension of colour, texture and formal relations; and if we strive to organize these elements, it is not with the idea of increasing the knowledge of the mind, but rather in order to intensify the pleasure of the senses (Nature Of Things Quotes)

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