Quotes by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happ >>

A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, >>

Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them. >>

Quotations about Literature

Our American professors like their literature clear and cold and pure >>

How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessar >>

The only privilege literature deserves -- and this privilege it requir >>

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel