There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole of life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEA pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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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Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.
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The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is not always the truest view.
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To do nothing is the way to be nothing.
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one’s self a fool.
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Nobody will use other people’s experience, nor have any of his own till it is too late to use it.
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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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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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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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Death should take me while I am in the mood.
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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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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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The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure – that is the choicest of all.
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Happiness is like a butterfly.
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Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
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