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Mark Twain

Writer, Humorist

“Who would find out that I am a natural fool if I kept always cool and never let nature come to the surface? Nobody.”

Fool Natural Surface

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Joseph Joubert

Essayist, Moralist

“A fluent writer always seems more talented than he is. To write well, one needs a natural felicity and an acquired difficulty.”

Writing Needs Natural

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

“To make converts is the natural ambition of everyone.”

Ambition Natural

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John Stuart Mill

Philosopher, Political Economist

“Was there ever any domination that did not appear natural to those who possessed it?”

Natural Possessed

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Jane Austen

Novelist

“A natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.”

Natural Sequels Unnatural

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John Stuart Mill

Philosopher, Political Economist

“So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural.”

Mean Natural Usual

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Joan Didion

Author, Essayist

“I was relying on a kind of natural transition - the transitions made by someone who is slightly deranged.”

Kind Natural Deranged

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

“The land of marriage has this peculiarity: that strangers are desirous of inhabiting it, while its natural inhabitants would willingly be banished from thence.”

Land Natural Stranger

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

“There is no desire more natural than the desire of knowledge. (Il n'est desir plus naturel que le desir de connaissance)”

Desire Natural Plus

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

“Natural inclinations are assisted and reinforced by education, but they are hardly ever altered or overcome.”

Natural Overcoming Altered

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Michel de Montaigne

Philosopher, Writer

“Ceremony forbids us to express by words things that are lawful and natural, and we obey it; reason forbids us to do things unlawful and ill, and nobody obeys it.”

Reason Natural Unlawful

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Mindy Baha El Din

Author

“Over the years, we have witnessed massive changes and degradation to Egypt's natural heritage. It's shocking how one generation's decisions about natural resources is affecting the present and all future generations of Egyptians.”

Decision Natural Future Generation

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