There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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Nature Actions have consequences

Author

Robert G. Ingersoll

Source

Some Reasons Why

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

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Writer

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United States

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Ingersoll, Robert Green. "The Christian Religion." The North American Review, Aug. 1881.

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He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

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Topic
Dangerous ideas Power of ideas

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Beyond Good and Evil
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
German
Time
1886 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]. Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1886, ch. 4, no. 146.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 4, no. 146.

Another quote about Nature

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Elegance of nature Birds Nature Limitations and constraints Human potential

Author

William Blake
Source
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Medium
Poem
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1793 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. "The Argument." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1790.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.