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11 quotesA woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
Chastity
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts.
Accuracy
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Generosity is the flower of justice.
Generosity
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Life is made up of marble and mud.
Life and Living
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.
Humankind
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Moonlight is sculpture.
Light
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
Story and Story-Telling
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.
Friends and Friendship
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
Selfishness
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Sunlight is painting.
Painters and Painting
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.
Progress
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun