Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNELove, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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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The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!
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My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.
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If the truth were to be known, everyone would be wearing a scarlet letter of one form or another.
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Mountains are earth’s undecaying monuments.
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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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The trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
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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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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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Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.
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Sunlight is painting.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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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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I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!
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