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title: "158 Law Nature Quotes by 113 authors"
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> [Simplicity is the law of nature for men as well as for flowers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/simplicity-is-the-law-of-nature-for-men-as-well-as-for-flowers/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/chaos-was-the-law-of-nature-order-was-the-dream-of-man/)

[Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/)

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> [“Actions and consequences is an indisputable law of nature”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anupama-garg/actions-and-consequences-is-an-indisputable-law-of-nature/)

[Anupama Garg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anupama-garg/)

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> [Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-daniel/custom-that-is-before-all-law-nature-that-is-above-all-art/)

[Samuel Daniel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-daniel/)

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> [Time is the supreme Law of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-eddington/time-is-the-supreme-law-of-nature/)

[Arthur Eddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-eddington/)

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> [No shortcut to happiness dat's law of nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliot-stella/no-shortcut-to-happiness-dat-s-law-of-nature/)

[Elliot Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliot-stella/)

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> [Self-preservation is the first law of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/self-preservation-is-the-first-law-of-nature/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

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> [“Subject to the law(s) of nature, hate is born to die”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-f-hodge/subject-to-the-law-s-of-nature-hate-is-born-to-die/)

[T.F. Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-f-hodge/)

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> [Men became scientific because they expected Law in Nature, and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Law Giver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/men-became-scientific-because-they-expected-law-in-nature-and-they-2/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/according-to-the-law-of-nature-it-is-only-fair-that-no-one-should/)

[Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/)

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> [The law of attraction is a law of nature. It is as impartial and impersonal as the law of gravity is. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhonda-byrne/the-law-of-attraction-is-a-law-of-nature-it-is-as-impartial-and/)

[Rhonda Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhonda-byrne/)

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> [“ការរស់នៅក្នុងភាពអាត្មានិយមគឺជាការរស់នៅបញ្ច្រាសនឹងច្បាប់ធម្មជាតិ។ It is against law of nature to live a selfish life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khem-veasna-2/it-is-against-law-of-nature-to-live-a-selfish-life/)

[Khem Veasna ខឹម វាសនា](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khem-veasna-2/)

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> [If someone hurts you, don't mind it it is the law of nature, The tree that bears the sweetest fruits, gets the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azeem-akhtar/if-someone-hurts-you-don-t-mind-it-it-is-the-law-of-nature-the-tree/)

[Azeem Akhtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azeem-akhtar/)

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> [But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/but-in-every-matter-the-consensus-of-opinion-among-all-nations-is-to/)

[Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/)

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> [“To grieve or be angry about or fear what happens to you is to be a fugitive from the law of nature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/to-grieve-or-be-angry-about-or-fear-what-happens-to-you-is-to-be-a/)

[Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/)

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> [Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/upon-these-two-foundations-the-law-of-nature-and-the-law-of/)

[William Blackstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blackstone/)

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> [If people do not revere the Law of Nature It will adversely affect them. If they accept It with knowledge and reverence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/if-people-do-not-revere-the-law-of-nature-it-will-adversely-affect/)

[Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/)

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> [“Killing is decreed by law but nature loves eternal youth. Whatever she does, however unconscious and unfeeling the act, she seems to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-de-maupassant/killing-is-decreed-by-law-but-nature-loves-eternal-youth-whatever-she/)

[Guy de Maupassant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-de-maupassant/)

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> [Manners are the lubricating oil of an organization. It is a law of nature that two moving bodies in contact with each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/manners-are-the-lubricating-oil-of-an-organization-it-is-a-law-of/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [“accept it as a law of nature that the individual is always defeated...the only victory lay in the far future long after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/accept-it-as-a-law-of-nature-that-the-individual-is-always-defeated/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [“People choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort. That's the law of nature, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-laurie/people-choose-the-paths-that-grant-them-the-greatest-rewards-for-the/)

[Hugh Laurie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-laurie/)

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> [It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/it-is-a-law-of-nature-that-fainthearted-men-should-be-the-fruit-of/)

[Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/)

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> [Self defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish; the immediate gift of the Creator,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elbridge-gerry/self-defense-is-a-primary-law-of-nature-which-no-subsequent-law-of/)

[Elbridge Gerry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elbridge-gerry/)

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> [Daughters can spend ten percent more than a man can make in any usual occupation. That’s a law of nature, to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/daughters-can-spend-ten-percent-more-than-a-man-can-make-in-any-usual/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [“this terror then and drakness of mind must be dispelled not by the rays of the sun and glittering shafts of day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucretius/this-terror-then-and-drakness-of-mind-must-be-dispelled-not-by-the/)

[Lucretius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucretius/)

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> [A Law of Nature, (Lex Naturalis) is a Precept, or general Rule, found out by Reason, by which a man is forbidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hobbes/a-law-of-nature-lex-naturalis-is-a-precept-or-general-rule-found-out/)

[Thomas Hobbes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hobbes/)

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> [“He was a man who grew up on the fields surrounded by God’s creation. He saw how five minutes of rain could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irina-serban/he-was-a-man-who-grew-up-on-the-fields-surrounded-by-god-s-creation/)

[Irina Serban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irina-serban/)

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> [Sorcery breaks no law of nature because there is no Natural Law, only the spontaneity of natura naturans, the tao. Sorcery violates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hakim-bey/sorcery-breaks-no-law-of-nature-because-there-is-no-natural-law-only/)

[Hakim Bey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hakim-bey/)

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> [THIS law of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/this-law-of-nature-being-co-eval-with-mankind-and-dictated-by-god/)

[William Blackstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blackstone/)

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> [ \[I\]t being reasonable and just, I should have a right to destroy that which threatens me with destruction: for by the fundamental… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/i-t-being-reasonable-and-just-i-should-have-a-right-to-destroy-that/)

[John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/)

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> [“There's one fundamental law that all of nature obeys that mankind breaks every day. Now this is a law that has evolved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-shadyac/there-s-one-fundamental-law-that-all-of-nature-obeys-that-mankind-2/)

[Tom Shadyac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-shadyac/)

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> [The law of nature gives a man the right to defend himself when he's attacked. And God's law itself gives a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/the-law-of-nature-gives-a-man-the-right-to-defend-himself-when-he-s/)

[Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/)

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> [“And he thought about the Devil, in whom he did not believe, and he looked around at the two windows where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/and-he-thought-about-the-devil-in-whom-he-did-not-believe-and-he/)

[Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/)

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> [Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life; second, to liberty; third, to property; together with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-adams/among-the-natural-rights-of-the-colonists-are-these-first-a-right-to/)

[Samuel Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-adams/)

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> [“Among the natural rights of the Colonists are these: First, a right to life; Secondly, to liberty; Thirdly, to property; together with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-river-editors/among-the-natural-rights-of-the-colonists-are-these-first-a-right-to-2/)

[Charles River Editors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-river-editors/)

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> [“This compassion, or sympathy with the pains of others, ought also to extend to the brute creation, as far as our necessities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/this-compassion-or-sympathy-with-the-pains-of-others-ought-also-to/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

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> [“A man reduced to despair by a series of misfortunes feels wearied of life, but is still so far in possession of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/a-man-reduced-to-despair-by-a-series-of-misfortunes-feels-wearied-of/)

[Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/)

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> [“As Maximus explains in Ad Thalassium 64, each law has its own proper discipline (ἀγωγή) and its own place within the gospel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-behr/as-maximus-explains-in-ad-thalassium-64-each-law-has-its-own-proper/)

[John Behr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-behr/)

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> [ “\[A man\] finds in himself a talent which with the help of some culture might make him a useful man in many… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/immanuel-kant/a-man-finds-in-himself-a-talent-which-with-the-help-of-some-culture/)

[Immanuel Kant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/immanuel-kant/)

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> [“There is no precept of the natural law commanding men to appropriate all things in such a way that each person is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-vallentyne/there-is-no-precept-of-the-natural-law-commanding-men-to-appropriate/)

[Peter Vallentyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-vallentyne/)

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                        "text": "THIS law of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times: no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, and all their authority, mediately or immediately, from this original.",
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                        "text": "[I]t being reasonable and just, I should have a right to destroy that which threatens me with destruction: for by the fundamental law of nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred: and one may destroy a man who makes war upon him, or has discovered an enmity to his being, for the same reason that he may kill a Wolf or a lion.",
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