"Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime,……" — Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense!"

— 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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Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock. — John Barrymore
How delightful to find a friend in everyone. — Joseph Brodsky
You may find that your parents are the most delightful people, but you don't want to live with them. — Bill Bryson
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the… — Louisa May Alcott
I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting. — Lord Byron
Theories have been outgrown. The means is disappearing, the reality of the sensation alone remains. It is that in its… — Arthur Dove
All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss. — Edmund Spenser
How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making… — William Cowper
Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. — Doug Larson
I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of… — Helen Keller
We want to do a lot of stuff; we're not in great shape. We didn't get a good night's sleep.… — Jerry Seinfeld
In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when… — Alexander Smith

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