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Letter "N" » Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
«Life is made up of marble and mud.»
«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.»
«It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at the bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and spiritual life upon another; each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his object. Philosophically considered, therefore, the two passions seem essentially the same, except that one happens to be seen in a celestial radiance and the other in a dusky and lurid glow.»
«A bodily disease may be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual past»
«The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is not always the truest view»
«Ugliness without tact is horrible»
«Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.»
«A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.»
«The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.»
«My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire. I longed to kindle one! It seemed not so wild a dream . . .»
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