Quotes by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a mar >>

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

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the >>

Quotations about Shame

One of the misfortunes of our time is, that in getting rid of false sh >>

Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their mi >>

See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip >>

See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of that living eye, the pointed finger, touching the sore place in your heart! Do you remember any act of enormous folly, at which you would blush, even in the remotest cavern of the earth? Then recognize your Shame.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel