Quote by Ivan Turgenev

However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answer you in comprehensible words.

However much you knock at nature's door, she will never answ

Summary

This quote suggests that no matter how hard you try to understand or explain nature, it will never respond in a way that can be fully understood or expressed through words. Nature's intricacies and mysteries go beyond human comprehension. It implies that nature communicates through its own intricate language, which cannot be easily grasped or translated into human language.

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Nature

By Ivan Turgenev

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