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Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove ones self a fool the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Wisdom
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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All brave men love for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Love
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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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Family
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Other Quotes from
Storytelling
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One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. – Jean De La Bruyere

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Storytelling

To be a person is to have a story to tell. – Karen Christence Dinesen

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Storytelling

The story—from Rumplestiltskin to War and Peace—is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind for the purpose of understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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Storytelling

Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form. – Jean Luc Godard

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Storytelling

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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Truth

If I want to understand the laws of physics I have to first believe what I read about physics. I have to have faith in what I read. – Ray Comfort

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Faith

I believe we need a national amendment which will guarantee every child in America the promise of not just an equal education but a high-quality equal education. – Jonathan Kozol

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Education

Dread not infanticide; the crime is imaginary: we are always mistress of what we carry in our womb, and we do no more harm in destroying this kind of matter than in evacuating another, by medicines, when we feel the need. – Marquis De Sade

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Abortion