The flower's leaves...serve as bridal beds which the Creator has so gloriously prepared, adorned with such noble bed curtains, and perfumed with so many sweet scents to induce the young bridegroom to perform his nuptials with his beloved bride.
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"The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this notion consists in having a true idea of the objects; objects are distinguished and known by classifying them methodically and giving th…"
"The greatest joy is to be useful to one's fellow men."
"The most important thing in life is to be useful."
"The only way to know nature is to love it."
"Homo sapiens, nosce te ipsum. (Man, know thyself.)"
A vivid and somewhat anthropomorphic description of plant reproduction, from 'Praeludia Sponsaliorum Plantarum' (Prelude to the Nuptials of Plants), which was considered quite risqué.
Date: 1729 (published 1730)
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