Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMy 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.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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If the truth were to be known, everyone would be wearing a scarlet letter of one form or another.
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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.
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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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There is an alchemy of quiet malice by which women can concoct a subtle poison from ordinary trifles.
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Death should take me while I am in the mood.
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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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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.
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Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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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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What is the voice of song when the world lacks the ear of taste?
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Families are always rising and falling in America.
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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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