There is an alchemy of quiet malice by which women can concoct a subtle poison from ordinary trifles.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEOur most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.
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The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
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Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
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Families are always rising and falling in America.
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There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole of life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.
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I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.
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Happiness is like a butterfly.
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The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!
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It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.
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Sunlight is painting.
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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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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.
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The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure – that is the choicest of all.
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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This above all: be true, be true, be true.
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