Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Topics: Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

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...

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

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...

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,...

The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is...

The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is...

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer...

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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 damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

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...

My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing...

My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing...

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.

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.

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...

This will end the mythology of the dumb little Dutch boy with his stupid finger...

This will end the mythology of the dumb little Dutch boy with his stupid finger...

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...

We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for...

We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for...

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

Journalism is literature in a hurry.