We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEOur 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.
More Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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A man’s bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.
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Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
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What we call real estate – the solid ground to build a house on – is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.
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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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There is something truer and more real, than what we can see with the eyes, and touch with the finger.
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Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
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We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right.
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Generosity is the flower of justice.
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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
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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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Sunlight is painting.
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And there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me.
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A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.
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She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.
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Happiness is like a butterfly.
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