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

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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great
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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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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. – Chinese Proverb

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I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving. – Alain Delon

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You find happiness where you find it. – Anna Paquin

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As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves. – Andrew Delbanco

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There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness. – Han Suyin

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Travel aesthetics should be just as comfortable and practical as they are fashionable. – Miguel Jontel Pimentel

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My work ethic came from my parents and my fear of failure. I came from a small, predominantly black school and I didnt want to let them down. – Jerry Rice

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I have a Viking stove. The color is butter lemon, and I had to wait several months for it, because that color wasnt available and I really wanted butter lemon! But I dont know that its seriously ever been cooked on. I mean, I make tea every morning. Does that count? – Andy Cohen

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Morning