"Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work."

Nature, Work, Challenge, Man

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"Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work."

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"Night falls. Or has fallen. Why is it that night falls, instead of rising, like the dawn? Yet if you look east, at sunset, you can see night rising, not falling; darkness lifting into the sky, up from the horizon, like a black sun behind cloud cover. Like smoke from an unseen fire, a line of fire just below the horizon, brushfire or a burning city. Maybe night falls because it's heavy, a thick curtain pulled up over the eyes. Wool blanket."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Nature, Night, Darkness, Sunset, Mystery

"All art is but imitation of nature."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Nature, Art, Imitation

"Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Nature, Effort, Living, Nothing

"These woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Nature, Promise, Responsibility, Sleep

"Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Nature, Space

"Put your ears to the ground, to the sky, to the sun and the moon... tune in to Mother Earth's sweet song. She has messages to say, knowledge to relay, inspiration to convey... there is much for you to learn. Your journey has just begun."

Melody Lee, American Poet

Nature, Learning, Journey, Inspirational

"What branch does not have its leaves and which twig will not have its flowers?"

Sorin Cerin, Romanian Philosopher

Nature, Growth, Observation, Beauty

"Can I tell from the twilight from which the world is built that I am a sunrise in this life?"

Sorin Cerin, Romanian Philosopher

Nature, Twilight, Observation, Wonder, Reflection

"Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived."

Helen Keller, American Author

Nature, Years

"Be thankful for every mountain, because it's the mountain top that will give you best view of the world."

Gift Gugu Mona, South African Motivational Speaker

Nature, Gratitude, Observation, Life

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"An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit."

Acquisition

"In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment."

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"In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain."

Certainty

"Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen."

Fear

"The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach."

Darkness

"No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments."

Man

"Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man."

Dream

"Home is where the heart is."

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"From the end spring new beginnings."

Beginning

"It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it."

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