The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure – that is the choicest of all.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEAll 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.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.
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To do nothing is the way to be nothing.
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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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The trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
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Sunlight is painting.
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Ugliness without tact is horrible.
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And there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me.
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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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Happiness is like a butterfly.
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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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Accuracy is twin brother to honesty, and inaccuracy to dishonesty.
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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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There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole of life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.
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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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