Against Nature Quotes

67 quotes by 57 authors

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but… — Aristotle
We take a natural interest in novelties, but it is against nature to take an interest in familiar things. — Mark Twain
We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against nature. — Plutarch
Till now man has been up against Nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature. — Dennis Gabor
...in all the woods and forests, God did not create a single leaf the same as any other... People go against nature because they lack… — Paulo Coelho
Note that the eating of flesh is not only physically against nature, but it also makes us spiritually coarse and gross by reason of satiety… — Plutarch
But sure there is need of other remedies than dreaming, a weak contention of art against nature. — Michel de Montaigne
The planet does nothing but support us, and we are constantly committing crimes against nature — Daphne Zuniga
Christianity is a rebellion against natural law, a protest against nature. Taken to its logical extreme, Christianity would mean the systematic cultivation of the human… — Adolf Hitler
... it [masturbation] too often leads to grievous sin, even to that sin against nature, homosexuality. For, done in private, it evolves often into mutual… — Spencer W. Kimball
Given the sin of impiety through which they [the Romans] sinned against the divine nature [by idolatry], the punishment that led them to sin against… — Thomas Aquinas
If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that which he has… — Thomas Aquinas
Man can sin against nature in two ways. First, when he sins against his specific rational nature, acting contrary to reason. In this sense, we… — Thomas Aquinas
Secondly, man sins against nature when he goes against his generic nature, that is to say, his animal nature. Now, it is evident that, in… — Thomas Aquinas
Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something. — Carl Jung
Nobody in this world was born to be the same as anyone else. Turning people into robots, especially children, is a crime against nature itself. — Jenna Miscavige Hill
In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to take the world… — Alistair Cooke
My personal feeling is that oral sex is against nature. — Pat Robertson
The hatred Americans have for their own government is pathological ... at one level it is simply thwarted greed: since our religion is making a… — Gore Vidal
Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man. — Ludwig von Mises

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