Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling...

Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling...

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go...

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go...

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going...

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going...

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not...

It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not...

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit,...

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit,...

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love-born...

Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love-born...

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for,...

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for,...

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is...

The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is...

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going...

You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going...

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind

No one can roll back the time,everyone has to just keep pace with the mighty...

No one can roll back the time,everyone has to just keep pace with the mighty...

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Time is the wisest of all counselors