"Strength is incomprehensible by weakness, and, therefore, the……" — Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Strength is incomprehensible by weakness, and, therefore, the more terrible."
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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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Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines…
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It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.
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Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes…
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To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is…
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If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to…
— Blaise Pascal
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Secrets of the incomprehensible wisdom of God, unknown to any besides Himself! Man, sprung up only of a few days,…
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If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. If you wish to know that you are safe, cause…
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The atoms that make up your body were once forged inside stars, and the causes of even the smallest event…
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In our sad condition our only consolation is the expectancy of another life. Here below all is incomprehensible.
— Martin Luther
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It is when we try to grapple with another man's intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering, and misty…
— Joseph Conrad
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A mighty, eternal and incomprehensible force pushes us all forward. But while all are so being pushed, many linger and…
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