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 resisted, and when it be obeyed. Nathaniel Hawthorne doubtfoolgreat share on social
A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon. Nathaniel Hawthorne articledipfresh Change image and share on social
A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world. Nathaniel Hawthorne heroheroicworld Change image and share on social
Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots. Nathaniel Hawthorne affectioncaressdie Change image and share on social
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison. Nathaniel Hawthorne allotcemeterycolony share on social
We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest. Nathaniel Hawthorne forestmarketplace Change image and share on social
A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. Nathaniel Hawthorne chastitycoatconsist Change image and share on social
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty. Nathaniel Hawthorne accuracybrotherdishonesty Change image and share on social
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death. Nathaniel Hawthorne congratulatedeathdream Change image and share on social
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness. Nathaniel Hawthorne artistdealexpress Change image and share on social
