I always think of nature as a great spectacle, somewhat resembling the opera.
—Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686
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Animals hear about death for the first time when they die.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1819Drive out nature with a pitchfork, and she will always come back.
—Horace, c. 25 BCNature is the art of God.
—Thomas Browne, 1635A tree’s a tree. How many more do you need to look at?
—Ronald Reagan, 1965Those things are better which are perfected by nature than those which are finished by art.
—Cicero, c. 45 BCMen argue, nature acts.
—Voltaire, 1764