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" What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests. "
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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" No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true. "
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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. "
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" A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. "
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" It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate. "
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" Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. "
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" The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. "
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" The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's 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. "
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