To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. 'Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after you.
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Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
From time immemorial, man has desired to comprehend the complexity of nature in terms of as few elementary concepts as possible.
Nature can always be more complicated than we imagine.
Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.
A lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that's not true. However, you have to be careful how you describe and define 'nature.'
By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.
If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
Real progress in understanding nature is rarely incremental. All important advances are sudden intuitions, new principles, new ways of seeing.
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