Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEWe sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Accuracy is twin brother to honesty, and inaccuracy to dishonesty.
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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Death should take me while I am in the mood.
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Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.
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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
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The trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
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Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.
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It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.
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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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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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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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