Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

- 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

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

- 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

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

Top 10 Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

Top 10 Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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