We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
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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This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.
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Accuracy is twin brother to honesty, and inaccuracy to dishonesty.
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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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We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
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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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The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure – that is the choicest of all.
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Salt is white and pure – there is something holy in salt.
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Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.
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The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
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Dream strange things and make them look like truth.
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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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To do nothing is the way to be nothing.
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And there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me.
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one’s self a fool.
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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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