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Instinct

(noun) A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour. Example: "Many animals fear fire by instinct."

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"A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself."
— Marilyn Monroe
"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."
— Socrates

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