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Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that de

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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Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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