Juvenal - Nature Quotes

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Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he
Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.

Juvenal

When Nature
Gave tears to mankind, she proclaimed that tenderness was endemic
In the human heart: of all our impulses, this
Is the highest and best.

Juvenal

Even if nature says no, indignation makes me write verse.

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Ask for a valiant heart which has banished the fear of death, which looks upon the length of days as one of the least of nature's gifts; which is able to suffer every kind of hardship, is proof against anger, craves for nothing, and reckons the trials and gruelling labours of Hercules as more desirable blessings than the amorous ease and the banquets and cushions of Sardanapallus. The things that I recommend you can grant to yourself.

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If nature refuses, indignation will produce verses.

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Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another.

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Nature confesses that she has bestowed on the human race hearts of softest mould, in that she has given us tears.

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