Liberty Quote by Thomas Hobbes

Life is nasty, brutish, and short

— Thomas Hobbes

I sought the simple life that Nature yields;

— Anonymous

As far as life is concerned, there is no such thing as "Nature". There are only homes. Home is that environment to which the…

— Rene Dubos

Life is short and often stingy; feast the heart with what it craves, short of cruelty, and let the world wonder.

— Reynolds Price

Nature is an unpleasing, stupid, lumpy, blowsy wench.

— William Mortensen

Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security,…

— Bertrand Russell

All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature.

— Zeno of Citium

Good nature is often a mere matter of health.

— Henry Ward Beecher

Nature is cold, wet, hard and unforgiving.

— David Remnick

Life is a lone wolf, scratching out a living with teeth and claws and a heart of stone.

— Dan Wells

Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.

— Pliny the Elder

For most people, life is nasty, brutish, and short; for me, it has simply been nasty and brutish.

— Djuna Barnes