Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNETo do nothing is the way to be nothing.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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Ugliness without tact is horrible.
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The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure – that is the choicest of all.
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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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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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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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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.
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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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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.
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Families are always rising and falling in America.
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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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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We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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