We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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.
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We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right.
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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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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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I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!
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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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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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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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Generosity is the flower of justice.
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She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.
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My 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.
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