"Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind."
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
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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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"A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon."
-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."
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