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.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNELife is made up of marble and mud.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
-
-
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
Life is made up of marble and mud.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
The trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
What is the voice of song when the world lacks the ear of taste?
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
When scattered clouds are resting on the bosoms of hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth being so intermixed with sky, and gradually transformed into it.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
Happiness is like a butterfly.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
Dream strange things and make them look like truth.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
It contributes greatly towards a man’s moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
To 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.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE -
Mountains are earth’s undecaying monuments.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE