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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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...

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art...

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art...

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...

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...

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...

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

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 -...

Sunlight is painting.

Sunlight is painting.

Moonlight is sculpture.

Moonlight is sculpture.

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...

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...

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...

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

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...

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,...

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...

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 hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

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