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~ Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes ~
« on: May 23, 2015, 10:18:11 AM »
Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes


An American novelist and short story writer.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer.

Here are some famous quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne.




Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

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Re: ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2015, 10:18:54 AM »
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

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Re: ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes ~
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2015, 10:19:24 AM »
Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp but which if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you.

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Re: ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes ~
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2015, 10:19:51 AM »
Happiness in this world when it comes comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit and it leads us on a wild-goose chase and is never attained. Follow some other object and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.