Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.
Date of birth: 1593-08-09
Date of death: 1683-12-15
Quotes number: 14
Nationality: English
Profession: Writer
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.
I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods.
To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.
There is no forgiveness in nature.