Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNENo man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
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The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
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Death should take me while I am in the mood.
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If the truth were to be known, everyone would be wearing a scarlet letter of one form or another.
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Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.
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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 is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.
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Men of cold passions have quick eyes.
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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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Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
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Mountains are earth’s undecaying monuments.
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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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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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What we need for our happiness is often close at hand, if we knew but how to seek for it.
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Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.
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