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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one’s self a fool.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.
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Courage Happiness Philosophy Possession Release Wisdom Yourself
I have come to see the nonsense of attempting to describe fine scenery. There is no such possibility. If scenery could be adequately reproduced in words, there would have been no need of God’s making it in reality.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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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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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.
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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.
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one’s self a fool.
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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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Generosity is the flower of justice.
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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.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

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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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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.
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There is an alchemy of quiet malice by which women can concoct a subtle poison from ordinary trifles.
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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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Easy reading is damn hard writing.
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