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May Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry above may cause us to…
- Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or…
- There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings as now…
- A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the…
- It is my opinion that a man's soul may be buried and perish under a dung-heap, or in a furrow field, just as well as…
- A writer of story books! What kind of business in life-what mode of glorifying God, or being serviceable to mankind in his day and generation-may…
- There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even…
- Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks…
- In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent…
- Nothing is more unaccountable than the spell that often lurks in a spoken word. A thought may be present to the mind, and two minds…
- Let the black flower blossom as it may!
- 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.
- No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may…
- Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never…
- We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
- The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is…
- Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the…
- Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!
- It is a good lesson - though it may often be a hard one - for a man... to step aside out of the narrow…
- In the depths of every heart there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and the revelry above may cause us…
- Cannot you conceive that another man may wish well to the world and struggle for its good on some other plan than precisely that which…
- Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart! Else it may be…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong