The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is not always the truest view.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNENobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Sunlight is painting.
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And there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me.
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure – that is the choicest of all.
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A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
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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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Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.
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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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If the truth were to be known, everyone would be wearing a scarlet letter of one form or another.
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The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
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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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