What other dungeon is so dark as one’s own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one’s self!
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEHappiness is like a butterfly.
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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We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right.
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Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.
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Generosity is the flower of justice.
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
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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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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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Sunlight is painting.
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Wherever there is a heart and an intellect, the diseases of the physical frame are tinged with the peculiarities of these.
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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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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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It contributes greatly towards a man’s moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
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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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