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.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEMankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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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Dream strange things and make them look like truth.
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Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
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A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
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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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Easy reading is damn hard writing.
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What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow.
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
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The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure – that is the choicest of all.
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I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!
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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
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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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We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
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