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Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing second, the gratification of ones family and friends and lastly, the solid cash. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves. – Victor Hugo

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Cheerfulness is what greases the axles of the world. Don’t go through life creaking. – H.W. Byles

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I think people really marry far too much it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness. – Queen Victoria

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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. – Sydney Smith

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A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. – Stendhal

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Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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I am fairly classless because it is very difficult to class someone who comes from a mixed marriage. – Sade Adu

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