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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

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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Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Community
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Other Quotes from
Happiness
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So many people equate money and success with happiness, especially in the music industry. – DJ Jazzy Jeff

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Happiness

Be happy, and a reason will come along. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Happiness

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Happiness

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes. – Euripedes

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Happiness

Random Quotes

But Im trying not to be cynical – I dont want to be one of those people who has a cool opportunity and blows it. Its really amazing whats happening to me. – Shannyn Sossamon

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amazing

Im just learning who I am and how relationships work and how to make them function. No different from anyone else. – Drew Barrymore

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Learning

The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry. – Raoul Vaneigem

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Poetry

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. – Henry David Thoreau

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Men