If mankind were all intellect, they would be continually changing, so that one age would be entirely unlike another. The great conservative is the heart, which remains the same in all ages; so that commonplaces of a thousand years’ standing are as effective as ever.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNESalt is white and pure – there is something holy in salt.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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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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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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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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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The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is not always the truest view.
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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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Easy reading is damn hard writing.
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Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
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This above all: be true, be true, be true.
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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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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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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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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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Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.
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Happiness is like a butterfly.
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