We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNELife is made up of marble and mud.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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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.
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Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
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A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
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My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.
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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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There is something truer and more real, than what we can see with the eyes, and touch with the finger.
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The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!
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Accuracy is twin brother to honesty, and inaccuracy to dishonesty.
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Men of cold passions have quick eyes.
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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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I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!
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The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
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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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Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.
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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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