Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Topics: Mankind Quotes

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...

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

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...

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

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...

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may...

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may...

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...

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

You are the only person in the world that was ever necessary to me.

You are the only person in the world that was ever necessary to me.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

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...

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

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...

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...

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,...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

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.