Famous Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Is it a fact—or have I dreamt it—that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has... More
  • I shall never love England till she sues to us for help; and, in the meantime, the fewer triumphs... More
  • Yesterday I went out at about twelve, and visited the British Museum; an exceedingly tiresome... More
  • A woman’s chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. More
  • We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest. More
  • Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great... More
  • When a writer calls his work a Romance, it need hardly be observed that he wishes to claim a... More
  • I wonder that we Americans love our country at all, it having no limits and no oneness; and when... More
  • Beyond all question, I might have had a wiser friend than he. The atmosphere in which alone he... More
  • Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous... More
  • We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so... More
  • The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s... More
  • My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing... More
  • It contributes greatly towards a man’s moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits... More
  • It is a good lesson—though it may often be a hard one—for a man who has dreamed of literary... More
  • In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and... More
  • See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of... More
  • The world, that gray-bearded and wrinkled profligate, decrepit, without being venerable. More
  • Man’s own youth is the world’s youth; at least he feels as if it were, and imagines that the... More
  • Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. More
  • No author, without a trial, can conceive of the difficulty of writing a romance about a country... More
  • On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and... More
  • The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally... More

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