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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.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Accuracy is twin brother to honesty, and inaccuracy to dishonesty.
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Accuracy Brother Honesty
A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
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Environment Hero World
All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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Man Measurement Wisdom
It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.
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Deep Hate Love Observation Subject Wisdom
I find nothing so singular to life as that everything appears to lose its substance the instant one actually grapples with it.
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Appearance Life Lose Myself
Mountains are earth’s undecaying monuments.
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Earth Monument Mountain Nature One Liner
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
There is an alchemy of quiet malice by which women can concoct a subtle poison from ordinary trifles.
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Ordinary Poison Quiet Woman
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
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Congratulation Death Dreams Moments Trouble Wake Up
What is the voice of song when the world lacks the ear of taste?
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Song Taste Voice World
Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
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Book Combination Evil Goodness Hands Innocence Power Stand Word
Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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Men of cold passions have quick eyes.
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one’s self a fool.
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Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
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Appearance Friendship Man Recognition Trust

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