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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

Other quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Goals
Author
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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When scattered clouds are resting on the bosoms of hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth being so intermixed with sky, and gradually transformed into it. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Sky & Clouds
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Happiness
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If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem. – Richard Bach

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Happiness

Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles. – Red Skelton

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Happiness

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. – William Morris

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Happiness

Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning. – Andrei Platonov

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Happiness

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Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life. – Bette Davis

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Im not strictly vegetarian, but meat doesnt play a big part in my diet. – Katie Holmes

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diet

My idea of an amusement park story is getting adventurers to go tour environmental disaster areas. After all, if the entire Great Barrier Reef gets killed, which seems like an extremely lively possibility, what are you going to do with all that rotting limestone? – Bruce Sterling

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environmental

All the learning in the world cannot replace instinct. – Robert Ley

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Learning