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.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEWhat a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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Ugliness without tact is horrible.
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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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The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.
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Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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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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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 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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The trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
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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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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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She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.
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Death should take me while I am in the mood.
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Mountains are earth’s undecaying monuments.
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Salt is white and pure – there is something holy in salt.
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