Men of cold passions have quick eyes.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNELet men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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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This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.
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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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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 we call real estate – the solid ground to build a house on – is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.
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The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.
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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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Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
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The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
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Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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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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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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Wherever there is a heart and an intellect, the diseases of the physical frame are tinged with the peculiarities of these.
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