Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNELet men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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Dream strange things and make them look like truth.
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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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Nobody will use other people’s experience, nor have any of his own till it is too late to use it.
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We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
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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.
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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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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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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What other dungeon is so dark as one’s own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one’s self!
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Happiness is like a butterfly.
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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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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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Salt is white and pure – there is something holy in salt.
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A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
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