96 Proverbs about Nature / Page 4
61. To whiten ivory with dye is to spoil nature by art.
62. A cautious man will observe the indications of character which nature reveals in others.
63. According to the nature of his sin shall a man be punished.
64. An inquisitive man is always ill-natured.
65. By good nature and kindness even fierce spirits become tractable.
66. Cease your jests, there is no joke in being ill-natured.
67. Habit is second nature.
68. It is the tree that gives its nature to the fruit.
69. Nature is our mother.
70. Nature without an effort surpasses art.
71. The wolf changes his hair, but not his nature.
72. When an observation by joke is true, it is out of place and ill-natured.
73. You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
74. Art improves nature.
75. Nurture passes nature.
76. Custom is a second nature.
77. Nature does nothing in vain.
78. The better-natured, the sooner undone.
79. The wolf may lose his teeth, but never his nature.
80. Nature has given us two ears, two eyes and but one tongue; to the end we should hear and see more than we speak.
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