Animal Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home.

— John Dewey

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a kind parent or a merciless stepmother

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in…

— Desiderius Erasmus

People talk about nature as a mother, but to me she's always been Medea, ready and willing to slaughter her children.

— Rachel Caine

Sometimes, Nature has the tolerance than a mother,because we are always disturbing nature.

— Sumesh Nair

The beauty of nature demonstrates just how little humans really know in life. We can never create the constantly evolving show of mother nature.

— Frederick A Babb

Nature goes her own way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures.

— Achy Obejas

Nature seems to look after her own only up to a certain point; beyond that they are supposed to fend for themselves.

— Hal Borland

Nature was taking back what had once been hers.

— Nevada Barr

Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of…

— Pliny the Elder

Nature can seem cruel, but she balances her books.

— Alison Lurie