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
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. Nathaniel Hawthorne badfriendintimate 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
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
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
Life is made up of marble and mud. Nathaniel Hawthorne lifemakemarble Change image and share on social
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. Nathaniel Hawthorne combinedictionaryevil Change image and share on social
All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests. Nathaniel Hawthorne affectionbattlebrave 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
