I have come to see the nonsense of attempting to describe fine scenery. There is no such possibility. If scenery could be adequately reproduced in words, there would have been no need of God’s making it in reality.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEWe dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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Men of cold passions have quick eyes.
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The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
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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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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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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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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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Easy reading is damn hard writing.
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I find nothing so singular to life as that everything appears to lose its substance the instant one actually grapples with it.
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Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.
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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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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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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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Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.
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