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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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You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it.

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Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.

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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 only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.

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

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: July 4th, 1804

Died: May 19th, 1864

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