To do nothing is the way to be nothing.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNELove, 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.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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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Families are always rising and falling in America.
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A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
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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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Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
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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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What is the voice of song when the world lacks the ear of taste?
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A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
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I want nothing to do with politicians. Their hearts wither away, and die out of their bodies. Their consciences are turned to india-rubber, or to some substance as black as that, and which will stretch as much.
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The trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
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What we need for our happiness is often close at hand, if we knew but how to seek for it.
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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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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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Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.
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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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