"It was one of those moments—which sometimes occur……" — Nathaniel Hawthorne
"It was one of those moments—which sometimes occur only at the interval of years—when a man's moral aspect is faithfully revealed to his mind's eye. Not improbably, he had never before viewed himself as he did now."
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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203 Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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I wonder that we Americans love our country at all, it having no limits and no oneness; and when you…
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I used to visit and revisit it a dozen times a day, and stand in deep contemplation over my vegetable…
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Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden.... It is sad that Nature will…
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In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry…
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Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it…
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I love my mother, but there has been, ever since my boyhood, a sort of coldness of intercourse between us,…
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Is it a fact-or have I dreamt it-that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great…
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See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of that living eye, the…
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It is to the credit of human nature that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more…
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The trees reflected in the river - they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are…
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There is no greater bugbear than a strong willed relative in the circle of his own connections.
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Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow.
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The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand…
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I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice…
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
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I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.
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I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face,…
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Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control…
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
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Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an…
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election.…
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