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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.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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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.
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Existence Fake False Himself Light Man Shadow True Universe
We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.
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Easy reading is damn hard writing.
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The trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
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Generosity is the flower of justice.
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If mankind were all intellect, they would be continually changing, so that one age would be entirely unlike another. The great conservative is the heart, which remains the same in all ages; so that commonplaces of a thousand years’ standing are as effective as ever.
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Change Greatness Intellectual Kind Man Stand
Accuracy is twin brother to honesty, and inaccuracy to dishonesty.
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Accuracy Brother Honesty
Moonlight is sculpture.
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Art Light Moon One Liner
This above all: be true, be true, be true.
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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
Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.
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Age Dreams Live Myself Regret
If the truth were to be known, everyone would be wearing a scarlet letter of one form or another.
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Death should take me while I am in the mood.
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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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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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Beyond Happiness Patience Philosophy Pursue Yourself
The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one.
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Cold Forget Man Memories Monument Oneself Sad

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