And there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEThe heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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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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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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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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.
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The book, if you would see anything in it, requires to be read in the clear, brown, twilight atmosphere in which it was written; if opened in the sunshine, it is apt to look exceedingly like a volume of blank pages.
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Sunlight is painting.
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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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The trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
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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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She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.
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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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If the truth were to be known, everyone would be wearing a scarlet letter of one form or another.
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Happiness is like a butterfly.
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