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What is the voice of song when the world lacks the ear of taste?

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Appearance Friendship Man Recognition Trust
This above all: be true, be true, be true.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

One Liner True
The trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Philosophy Reflection River Spiritual Tree World
All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Affection Battle Brave Life Man Physical
A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Environment Hero World
Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Book Combination Evil Goodness Hands Innocence Power Stand Word
Sunlight is painting.
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Art Light One Liner Painting Sun
Generosity is the flower of justice.
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Flower Generosity Justice One Liner
If mankind were all intellect, they would be continually changing, so that one age would be entirely unlike another. The great conservative is the heart, which remains the same in all ages; so that commonplaces of a thousand years’ standing are as effective as ever.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Change Greatness Intellectual Kind Man Stand
The book, if you would see anything in it, requires to be read in the clear, brown, twilight atmosphere in which it was written; if opened in the sunshine, it is apt to look exceedingly like a volume of blank pages.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Atmosphere Book Page Reading See Shine Sun Writing
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Choice Important Place Self Love Worth
Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.
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Arrival Dumb Himself Man Perfection Word
If the truth were to be known, everyone would be wearing a scarlet letter of one form or another.
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Appearance Letter Truth
Dream strange things and make them look like truth.
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Dreams Strange Truth
Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Age Dreams Live Myself Regret
At no time are people so sedulously careful to keep their trifling appointments, attend to their ordinary occupations, and thus put a commonplace aspect on life, as when conscious of some secret that if suspected would make them look monstrous in the general eye.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Appointment Care Eyes Job Occupation Ordinary People Time

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