Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
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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I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.
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And there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me.
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We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
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A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
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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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Men of cold passions have quick eyes.
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If the truth were to be known, everyone would be wearing a scarlet letter of one form or another.
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The book, if you would see anything in it, requires to be read in the clear, brown, twilight atmosphere in which it was written; if opened in the sunshine, it is apt to look exceedingly like a volume of blank pages.
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Dream strange things and make them look like truth.
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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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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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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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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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Ugliness without tact is horrible.
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