There is no greater bugbear than a strong willed relative in the circle of his own connections. Nathaniel Hawthorne More Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne More Quotes From Nathaniel Hawthorne Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense! Nathaniel Hawthorne pastime expenses honesty Language,-human language,-after all is but little better than the croak and cackle of fowls, and other utterances of brute nature,-sometimes not so adequate. Nathaniel Hawthorne adequate fowl utterance Man is a wretch without woman; but woman is a monster-and thank Heaven, an almost impossible and hitherto imaginary monster--without man, as her acknowledged principal! Nathaniel Hawthorne monsters men heaven One picture in ten thousand, perhaps, ought to live in the applause of mankind, from generation to generation until the colors fade and blacken out of sight or the canvas rot entirely away. Nathaniel Hawthorne generations color sight At no time are people so sedulously careful to keep their trifling appointments, attend to their ordinary occupations, and thus put a commonplace aspect on life, as when conscious of some secret that if suspected would make them look monstrous in the general eye. Nathaniel Hawthorne eye secret people Salt is white and pure - there is something holy in salt. Nathaniel Hawthorne cooking white food Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a lovebeam of God's care and pity for every separate need. Nathaniel Hawthorne cottages care needs No author, without a trial, can conceive of the difficulty of writing a romance about a country where there is no shadow, no antiquity, no mystery, no picturesque and gloomy wrong, nor anything but a commonplace prosperity, in broad and simple daylight, as is happily the case with my dear native land. Nathaniel Hawthorne simple writing country A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul. Nathaniel Hawthorne pithy graves soul My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire. I longed to kindle one! It seemed not so wild a dream. Nathaniel Hawthorne lonely dream heart I love my mother, but there has been, ever since my boyhood, a sort of coldness of intercourse between us, such as is apt to come between people of strong feelings. Nathaniel Hawthorne emotional strong mother Every young sculptor seems to think that he must give the world some specimen of indecorous womanhood, and call it Eve, Venus, a Nymph, or any name that may apologize for a lack of decent clothing. Nathaniel Hawthorne apology names thinking It [Catholicism] supplies a multitude of external forms in which the spiritual may be clothed and manifested. Nathaniel Hawthorne form spiritual may Insincerity in a man's own heart must make all his enjoyments, all that concerns him, unreal; so that his whole life must seem like a merely dramatic representation. Nathaniel Hawthorne dramatic heart men All merely graceful attributes are usually the most evanescent. Nathaniel Hawthorne attributes It is remarkable, that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society. The thoughts alone suffice them, without investing itself in the flesh and blood of action. Nathaniel Hawthorne investing perfect blood The divine chemistry works in the subsoil. Nathaniel Hawthorne agriculture chemistry divine A long time ago, in a town with which I used to be familiarly acquainted, there dwelt an elderly person of grim aspect, known by the name and title of Doctor Grimshawe, whose household consisted of a remarkably pretty and vivacious boy, and a perfect rosebud of a girl, two or three years younger than he, and an old maid of all work, of strangely mixed breed, crusty in temper and wonderfully sluttish in attire. Nathaniel Hawthorne girl boys book In an ancient though not very populous settlement, in a retired corner of one of the New England states, arise the walls of a seminary of learning, which, for the convenience of a name, shall be entitled "Harley College. Nathaniel Hawthorne wall college book Nothing gives a sadder sense of decay than this loss or suspension of the power to deal with unaccustomed things, and to keep up with the swiftness of the passing moment. [Speaking of self-posed isolation in old age.] Nathaniel Hawthorne passing-moments self loss
