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.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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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...

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...

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

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...

Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot...

Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot...

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.

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

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

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

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

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how...

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how...

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...

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

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

But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose

But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their...

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their...

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...

He seemed embalmed in hatred.

He seemed embalmed in hatred.

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others

Many people love in themselves what they hate in others

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever.

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever.

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to...

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to...