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.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEI 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.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
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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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It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.
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Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.
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Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a lovebeam of God’s care and pity for every separate need.
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What we need for our happiness is often close at hand, if we knew but how to seek for it.
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There is something truer and more real, than what we can see with the eyes, and touch with the finger.
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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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What other dungeon is so dark as one’s own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one’s self!
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Death should take me while I am in the mood.
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The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure – that is the choicest of all.
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Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
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Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.
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A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
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Nobody will use other people’s experience, nor have any of his own till it is too late to use it.
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