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Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

There 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.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Dedication Greatness Ideas Man Memories Monument Need Oneself Recognition Worth
The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Beyond Eyes Heart Seek Woman
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.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Black Body Death Heart Myself Politics
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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Ability Greatness Happiness Man Moral
Ugliness without tact is horrible.
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Horrible One Liner Ugly
I find nothing so singular to life as that everything appears to lose its substance the instant one actually grapples with it.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Appearance Life Lose Myself
Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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Art Economics Friendship Religion Stranger
She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Deep Feeling Freedom Weight
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Advantage Artist Expression Photography Poet Poetry Reading Thinking
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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Best Friendship Intimate Nature Worst
A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Body Spiritual Symptom
Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
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God Meaning Talk Voice
Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Appearance Friendship Man Recognition Trust
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
Nobody will use other people’s experience, nor have any of his own till it is too late to use it.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Experience People Time
Sunlight is painting.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Art Light One Liner Painting Sun

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