Quotes
Authors
Nathaniel Hawthorne

"The aspect of the venerable mansion has always affected me like a human countenance, bearing the traces not merely of outward storm and sunshine, but expressive also, of the long lapse of mortal life, and accompanying vicissitudes that have passed within. Were these to be worthily recounted, they would form a narrative of no small interest and instruction, and possessing, moreover, a certain remarkable unity, which might almost seem the result of artistic arrangement."

-- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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“Famous-ness is awesomeness but some parts of famous-ness can be hard.”
“Those who today murdered our people in an ambush not only plotted to murder some Jews but intended to provoke us... The Arabs stand to gain from such a development. They want the country to be in a state of perpetual pogrom.... Any further bloodshed [by the Jews] will only bring political advantage to the Arabs and harm us... Our strength is in the defense... and this strength will give us political victory if England and the world will know that we are defending ourselves rather than attacking.”
“When I'm in the street, the only people I notice are usually at least 70 years old, because they look really stylish.”
“To start with, you should have an attitude of gratitude. Without an attitude of gratitude, neither prosperity nor pleasure, joy nor happiness means anything, and it works this way: to those who have an attitude of gratitude and who do it with innocence, Mother Nature brings all the wealth, health, and happiness.”
“You are a sweet man." -"God, there it is." He flopped back on the bed, as if shot through the heart. "Repeat that to anyone, and I will have you brought up on charges of slander." "I wouldn't dream of telling a soul.”

Source : Tessa Dare (2010). “One Dance with a Duke”, p.299, Ballantine Books
“and there had been times when he wished he'd been born into a different family.”
“Prudence supposes the value of the end to be assumed, and refers only to the adaptation of the means. It is the relation of right means for given ends.”

Source : William Whewell (1845). “The Elements of Morality, Including Polity”, p.157
“We are equal inhabitants of a paradise of individuals in which everybody has the right to be understood.”

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