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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech. ↗

— Quintilian

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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly. ↗

— Quintilian

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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

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I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature. ↗

— Herbert Read

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You might think that it would he the natural desire of every man to develop as an independent personality, but this does not seem to be true. ↗

— Herbert Read

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I call religion a natural authority, but it has usually been conceived as a supernatural authority. ↗

— Herbert Read

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A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. ↗

— Carl Reiner

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Nature is cold, wet, hard and unforgiving. ↗