To do nothing is the way to be nothing.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEIt is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
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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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Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.
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Dream strange things and make them look like truth.
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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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Mountains are earth’s undecaying monuments.
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What is the voice of song when the world lacks the ear of taste?
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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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The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!
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Echo is the voice of a reflection in a mirror.
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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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The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.
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