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| Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes | No. | Quotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts. | Accuracy |
| 2 | If cities were built by the sound of music, then some edifices would appear to be constructed by grave, solemn tones, and others to have danced forth to light fantastic airs. | Architecture |
| 3 | No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. | Behavior |
| 4 | No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. | Concealment |
| 5 | 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. | Culture |
| 6 | A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part. | Disease |
| 7 | Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or with gold. | Disease |
| 8 | A bodily disease may be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual past. | Disease |
| 9 | Zealots have an idol, to which they consecrate themselves high-priests, and deem it holy work to offer sacrifices of whatever is most precious. | Enthusiasm |
| 10 | Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. | Friendship |
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