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.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNESelfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.
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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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A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.
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A singular fact, that, when man is a brute, he is the most sensual and loathsome of all brutes.
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Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.
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There is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their memory; and any man who does, is not worthy of one.
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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
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Sunlight is painting.
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Generosity is the flower of justice.
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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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I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!
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To do nothing is the way to be nothing.
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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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What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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