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.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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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...

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some...

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some...

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...

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

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

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,...

I hate track! I hate running! Running around and around and around and around, and...

I hate track! I hate running! Running around and around and around and around, and...

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might...

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

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...

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...

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...

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if...

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if...

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...

The poetry of heroism appeals irresitably to those who don't go to a war, and...

The poetry of heroism appeals irresitably to those who don't go to a war, and...

Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact....

Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact....