Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMy 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.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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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This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.
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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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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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Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.
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Ugliness without tact is horrible.
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To do nothing is the way to be nothing.
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The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure – that is the choicest of all.
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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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Families are always rising and falling in America.
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Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.
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Easy reading is damn hard writing.
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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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Death should take me while I am in the mood.
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