Famous Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

  • I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am! – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • I have laughed, in bitterness and agony of heart, at the contrast between what I seem and what I am!– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Pluck up a spirit, and do not be all the time sighing and murmuring! – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Pluck up a spirit, and do not be all the time sighing and murmuring!– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Strength is incomprehensible by weakness, and, therefore, the more terrible. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Strength is incomprehensible by weakness, and, therefore, the more terrible.– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • … for when a man’s spirit has been thoroughly crushed, he may be peevish at small offenses, but never resentful of great ones. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    … for when a man’s spirit has been thoroughly crushed, he may be peevish at small offenses, but never resentful of great ones.– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • All have some artificial badge which the world, and themselves among the first, learn to consider as a genuine characteristic. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    All have some artificial badge which the world, and themselves among the first, learn to consider as a genuine characteristic.– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • There are many things in this world that a child must not ask about. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    There are many things in this world that a child must not ask about.– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • Do anything, save to lie down and die! – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Do anything, save to lie down and die!– Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • he seemed to be in quest for mental food, not heart sustenance. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

    he seemed to be in quest for mental food, not heart sustenance.– Nathaniel Hawthorne