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Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil
Nature is not human hearted
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished
Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble
Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere
Nature confuses the skeptics and reason confutes the dogmatists
Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible but everything is given
Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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