Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNETo the untrue man, the whole universe is false- it is impalpable- it shrinks to nothing within his grasp. And he himself is in so far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist.
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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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Dream strange things and make them look like truth.
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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A singular fact, that, when man is a brute, he is the most sensual and loathsome of all brutes.
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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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Life is made up of marble and mud.
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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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What we call real estate – the solid ground to build a house on – is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.
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Accuracy is twin brother to honesty, and inaccuracy to dishonesty.
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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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Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
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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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Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
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We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.
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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
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