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I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

To the untrue man, the whole universe is false- it is impalpable- it shrinks to nothing within his grasp. And he himself is in so far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Existence Fake False Himself Light Man Shadow True Universe
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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Hands Heart Man Passion Win Woman
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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Black Body Death Heart Myself Politics
We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right.
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Fight Resolution Wrong
Generosity is the flower of justice.
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Flower Generosity Justice One Liner
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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Activity Evil Heart Human Life Philosophy
When scattered clouds are resting on the bosoms of hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth being so intermixed with sky, and gradually transformed into it.
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Earth Heaven Nature Region Transformation
The trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
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Philosophy Reflection River Spiritual Tree World
Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream.
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Change Deep Dreams Evil Fashion Heart Place Revolution Secret Soul World
The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure – that is the choicest of all.
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Choice Happiness Pleasure
Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Choice Important Place Self Love Worth
What other dungeon is so dark as one’s own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one’s self!
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Darkness Heart Oneself
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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Frame Heart Intellectual Mad
Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
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Appearance Friendship Man Recognition Trust
Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.
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Courage Happiness Philosophy Possession Release Wisdom Yourself
The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

Inspirational Mindset Power Thinking Yourself

I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.

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