Dream strange things and make them look like truth.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEThere is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their memory; and any man who does, is not worthy of one.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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.
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My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.
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To the untrue man, the whole universe is false- it is impalpable- it shrinks to nothing within his grasp. And he himself is in so far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist.
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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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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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Generosity is the flower of justice.
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Men of cold passions have quick eyes.
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I have come to see the nonsense of attempting to describe fine scenery. There is no such possibility. If scenery could be adequately reproduced in words, there would have been no need of God’s making it in reality.
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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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Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.
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Sunlight is painting.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one.
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The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is not always the truest view.
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She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.
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