Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEWe sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!
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Ugliness without tact is horrible.
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This above all: be true, be true, be true.
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It contributes greatly towards a man’s moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
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Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.
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We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
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Sunlight is painting.
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.
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We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right.
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Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a lovebeam of God’s care and pity for every separate need.
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Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.
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No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
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What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.
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