The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be…

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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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...

Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.

Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

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 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...

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...

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 -...

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

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...

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...

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

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,...

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...

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the...

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the...

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,...

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...

We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.

We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.

Your soul is all that you possess. Take it in hand and make something of...

Your soul is all that you possess. Take it in hand and make something of...