"A pure hand needs no glove to cover…" — Nathaniel Hawthorne

"A pure hand needs no glove to cover it."

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

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203 Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne has 203 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I wonder that we Americans love our country at all, it having no limits and no oneness; and when you…
I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable…
Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden.... It is sad that Nature will…
In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry…
Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it…
I love my mother, but there has been, ever since my boyhood, a sort of coldness of intercourse between us,…
Is it a fact-or have I dreamt it-that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great…
See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of that living eye, the…
It is to the credit of human nature that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more…
The trees reflected in the river - they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are…
There is no greater bugbear than a strong willed relative in the circle of his own connections.
Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. — Sai Baba
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. — Ansel Adams
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. — Matsuo Basho
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Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. — Saul Bellow
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. — Yogi Berra
United we stand, divided we fall. — Aesop
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. — Thomas Browne

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