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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

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...

Moonlight is sculpture.

Moonlight is sculpture.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

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...

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 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.

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...

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.