Quotes About Nature

Woman is often fickle, said François I; and woman is like the waves, said Shakespeare.3 One was a great king, the other a great poet, so they must have known women.

Es necesario que la naturaleza vencida muera sobre el campo de batalla, es preciso que la realidad suceda al sueño, y entonces es el sueño el que domina absolutamente, y la vida se hace sueño y el sueño se hace vida.

Oh, man, man—race of crocodiles

Contempt for flowers is an offence against God. The lovelier the flower, the greater the offence in despising it. The tulip is the loveliest of all flowers. So whoever despised the tulip offends God immeasurably.

Lale tüm çiçekler içinde en güzelidir.

It is his way, and you must take him as you find him.

a no nacer los malos pensamientos de una organización mala también, el crimen repugna a la naturaleza humana. Sin embargo, la civilización nos ha creado necesidades, vicios y falsos apetitos, cuya influencia llega tal vez a ahogar en nosotros los buenos instintos, arrastrándonos al mal.

Mais l'homme au contraire, répugne au sang ; ce ne sont point les lois sociales qui répugnent au meurtre, ce sont les lois naturelles 

Someday, when the world is much older, and when mankind will be masters of all the destructive powers in nature, to serve for the general good of humanity; when mankind, as you were just saying, have discovered the secrets of death, then that death will become as sweet and voluptuous as a slumber in the arms of your beloved.

Iat? È™i luminiÈ™ul, ca o pat? în mijlocul p?durii. Lumina slab? ce coboar? din stele, aÈ™a cum ar spune Corneille, se strânge m?nunchi în acel loc; p?durea ne înconjoar? de toate p?rÈ›ile cu str?jile ei neclintite.

Não é a árvore que deixa a flor, é a flor que deixa a árvore

Un académicien dirait que les soirées du monde sont des collections de fleurs qui attirent papillons inconstants, abeilles affamées et frelons bourdonnants.

Because of the kind of life he had led, and because of the resolve he had made – and kept – not to shrink from anything, the count had managed to enjoy unknown pleasures in the struggle against nature, which is God, and against the world – which is, near enough, the Devil.

man whom God made in His image, man to whom God gave this first, this sole, this supreme law, that he should love his neighbour, man to whom God gave a voice to express his thoughts – what is man's first cry when he learns that his neighbour is saved? A curse. All honour to man, the masterpiece of nature, the lord of creation!

Whilst Cornelius was weeding, manuring, watering his beds, whilst, kneeling on the turf border, he analysed every vein of the flowering tulips

Ils avaient poussé l'un à côté de l'autre comme deux arbres qui mêlent leurs racines sous le sol, leurs branches dans l'air, leur parfum dans le ciel ; seulement leur désir de se voir était le même

Paid the last debt of nature

Åži totuÅŸi, cei doi tineri nu-ÅŸi m?rturisiser? niciodat? c? se iubesc. Crescuser? unul lâng? altul ca doi arbori care-ÅŸi amestec? r?d?cinile sub p?mânt, crengile în aer ÅŸi mireasma în v?zduh; doar dorinÈ›a lor de a se vedea era aceeaÅŸi; dorinÈ›a aceasta devenise o nevoie, ÅŸi mai curând ar fi înÈ›eles s? moar? decât s? se despart? m?car pentru o singur? zi.

To despise flowers is to offend God. The more beautiful the flower is, the more does one offend God in despising it. The tulip is the most beautiful of all flowers. Therefore, he who despises the tulip offends God beyond measure.

No es el árbol el que abandona a la flor, sino la flor la que abandona al árbol.

Nimic nu-mi poate fi mai pl?cut, drag? prietene, decât s? m? reîntorc în singur?tatea mea, sub copacii mei stufoÈ™i, pe ??rmul Loarei. Dac? Dumnezeu e cel mai mare t?m?duitor al r?nilor sufleteÈ™ti, natura îÈ›i d?ruieÈ™te leacurile cele mai neîntrecute.

Dac? florile înseamn? libertate, relu? cu tristeÈ›e osânditul, atunci înseamn? c? libertatea o am, de vreme ce am florile.

Not a ripple could be noticed on the surface of the green waters; the swans themselves, even, reposing with folded wings like ships at anchor, seemed inspirations of the warmth of the air, the freshness of the water, and the silence of the beautiful evening

Oh, o homem (...), o mais egoísta de todos os animais, a mais personalista de todas as criaturas, sempre a acreditar que a terra gira, que o sol brilha, que a morte ceifa só para ele; formiga a amaldiçoar Deus do alto de uma folha de relva!