And malt does more than Milton can To justify the ways of God to man.

Quote by Alfred Edward Housman

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It's lucky you're going so slowly, because you're going in the wrong direction

It's lucky you're going so slowly, because you're going in the wrong direction

Little is the luck I've had, And oh, 'tis comfort small - To think that...

Little is the luck I've had, And oh, 'tis comfort small - To think that...

I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.

I could no more define poetry than a terrier can define a rat.

Nature not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the...

Nature not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the...

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach...

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach...

Beauty and sadness always go together. Nature thought beauty too rich to go forth Upon...

Beauty and sadness always go together. Nature thought beauty too rich to go forth Upon...

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...

My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is...

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks...

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks...

Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you...

Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you...

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

Nature has a funny way of breaking what does not bend

I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on...

I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from...

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from...

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

I'm an optimist by nature and a pessimist by experience.

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself...

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...