A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

Moonlight is sculpture.

Moonlight is sculpture.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which,...

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which,...

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,...

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it...

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it...

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep...

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep...

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the...

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the...

Sunlight is painting.

Sunlight is painting.