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title: "3 Nature Partly Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Nature Partly quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Nature Partly sayings and thoughts."
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> [I love Nature partly because she is not man, but a retreat from him. None of his institutions control or pervade her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-love-nature-partly-because-she-is-not-man-but-a-retreat-from-him/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/henry-david-thoreau-20_another-world_i-love-nature-partly-because-she-is-not_2017779.jpg)

> [Becoming a woman is an act partly of nature and partly of self-invention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caitlin-flanagan/becoming-a-woman-is-an-act-partly-of-nature-and-partly-of-self-2/)

[Caitlin Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caitlin-flanagan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/caitlin-flanagan-24287_becoming_becoming-a-woman-is-an-act-partly-of-nat_2746850.jpg)

> [Man's being is made of such strange stuff as to be partly akin to nature and partly not, at once natural and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ortega-y-gasset/man-s-being-is-made-of-such-strange-stuff-as-to-be-partly-akin-to/)

[Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ortega-y-gasset/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/452/jose-ortega-y-gasset-1688_centaurs_man-s-being-is-made-of-such-strange-stuf_2778621.jpg)

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