Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. Nathaniel Hawthorne Read Quote
A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you’ve scowled upon. Nathaniel Hawthorne Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one’s family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash. Nathaniel Hawthorne Read Quote
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 Read Quote
In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it. Nathaniel Hawthorne Read Quote
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. Nathaniel Hawthorne Read Quote
Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers. Nathaniel Hawthorne Read Quote
Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal. Nathaniel Hawthorne Read Quote
