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title: "9 Rules Nature Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/retaliation-is-related-to-nature-and-instinct-not-to-law-law-by/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

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> [“Work hard and walk hard. Break your own fancy rules if you have to. Nature only favours the strongest not the cutest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teni-a/work-hard-and-walk-hard-break-your-own-fancy-rules-if-you-have-to/)

[Teni. A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teni-a/)

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> [“At some point we all play by the rules, whether it's the rules of all mankind, the rules of Father who is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnnie-dent-jr/at-some-point-we-all-play-by-the-rules-whether-it-s-the-rules-of-all/)

[Johnnie Dent Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnnie-dent-jr/)

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> [“Break your own fancy rules if you have to. Nature only favours the strongest not the cutest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teni-a/break-your-own-fancy-rules-if-you-have-to-nature-only-favours-the/)

[Teni. A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teni-a/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/teni-a-38096_nature_break-your-own-fancy-rules-if-you-have-t_3134898.jpg)

> [Rivers do not drink their own water .. Trees do not eat their own fruits .. Flowers do not spread fragrances for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemis-khan/rivers-do-not-drink-their-own-water-trees-do-not-eat-their-own-fruits/)

[Kemis Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemis-khan/)

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> [Ah, come now. I look like an angel, but I'm not. The old rules of nature encompass many creatures like me. We're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-rice/ah-come-now-i-look-like-an-angel-but-i-m-not-the-old-rules-of-nature/)

[Anne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-rice/)

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> [Rivers do not drink their own water \*\*\*-trees do not eat their fruits-\*\*\* flowers do not spreed fragrance for themselves…\*\*...\*\*\*...\*\*...living for others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kemis-khan/rivers-do-not-drink-their-own-water-trees-do-not-eat-their-fruits/)

[Kemis Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kemis-khan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92c/kemis-khan-739_love_rivers-do-not-drink-their-own-water-tree_20761.jpg)

> [So the thing I realized rather gradually - I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-wolfram/so-the-thing-i-realized-rather-gradually-i-must-say-starting-about-20/)

[Stephen Wolfram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-wolfram/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/stephen-wolfram-31240_computers_so-the-thing-i-realized-rather-gradually_2409772.jpg)

> [One of the elementary rules of nature is that, in the absence of a law prohibiting an event or phenomenon, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-w-ford/one-of-the-elementary-rules-of-nature-is-that-in-the-absence-of-a-law/)

[Kenneth W. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-w-ford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/kenneth-w-ford-253300_absence_one-of-the-elementary-rules-of-nature-is_2465890.jpg)

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