Quotes by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and >>

Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond y >>

Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them. >>

Quotations about Heroes and Heroism

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense diff >>

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? >>

Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be >>

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.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel