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Ugliness without tact is horrible.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Easy reading is damn hard writing.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one’s self a fool.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Life is made up of marble and mud.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Nobody will use other people’s experience, nor have any of his own till it is too late to use it.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne When scattered clouds are resting on the bosoms of hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth being so intermixed with sky, and gradually transformed into it.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Dream strange things and make them look like truth.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne 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.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a lovebeam of God’s care and pity for every separate need.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne 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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