Famous Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

  • I have come to see the nonsense of trying to describe fine scenery. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    I have come to see the nonsense of trying to describe fine scenery.– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • …such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    …such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin.– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Be it sin or no, I hate the man! – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Be it sin or no, I hate the man!– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • She has lived and loved! There is no folded petal, no latent dewdrop, in this perfectly developed rose! – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    She has lived and loved! There is no folded petal, no latent dewdrop, in this perfectly developed rose!– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • A bachelor always feels himself defrauded, when he knows or suspects that any woman of his acquaintance has given herself away. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    A bachelor always feels himself defrauded, when he knows or suspects that any woman of his acquaintance has given herself away.– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • To the untrue man, the whole universe is false–it is impalpable–it shrinks to nothing within his grasp. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    To the untrue man, the whole universe is false–it is impalpable–it shrinks to nothing within his grasp.– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Preach! Write! Act! Do any thing, save to lie down and die! – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Preach! Write! Act! Do any thing, save to lie down and die!– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Unfathomable to mere mortals is the lore of fiends. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Unfathomable to mere mortals is the lore of fiends.– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Shall we never never get rid of this Past? … It lies upon the Present like a giant’s dead body. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Shall we never never get rid of this Past? … It lies upon the Present like a giant’s dead body.– Nathaniel Hawthorne