Quotes by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though th >>

Yesterday I went out at about twelve, and visited the British Museum; >>

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight f >>

Quotations about Conscience

I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it. >>

A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what >>

The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man. >>

In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry above may cause us to forget their existence, and the buried ones, or prisoners whom they hide. But sometimes, and oftenest at midnight, those dark receptacles are flung wide open. In an hour like this, when the mind has a passive sensibility, but no active strength; when the imagination is a mirror, imparting vividness to all ideas, without the power of selecting or controlling them; then pray that your grieves may slumber, and the brotherhood of remorse not break their chain.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel