Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEThe trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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Sunlight is painting.
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Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
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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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Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.
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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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I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!
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I want nothing to do with politicians. Their hearts wither away, and die out of their bodies. Their consciences are turned to india-rubber, or to some substance as black as that, and which will stretch as much.
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No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
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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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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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Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
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Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
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We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
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Easy reading is damn hard writing.
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There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole of life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.
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