A singular fact, that, when man is a brute, he is the most sensual and loathsome of all brutes.
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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Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.
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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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Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.
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I find nothing so singular to life as that everything appears to lose its substance the instant one actually grapples with it.
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What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.
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To do nothing is the way to be nothing.
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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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Salt is white and pure – there is something holy in salt.
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Sunlight is painting.
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What is the voice of song when the world lacks the ear of taste?
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Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.
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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 heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!
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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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There is an alchemy of quiet malice by which women can concoct a subtle poison from ordinary trifles.
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