Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Top 10 Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

Top 10 Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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.

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.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.

My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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