There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even should we be deceived, still the good to ourselves resulting from a kind act is worth more than the trifle by which we purchase it.


Passages from the American Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne... In Two Volumes... (ed. 1868)

Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even should we be...

There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even should we be...

There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even should we be...

There is so much wretchedness in the world, that we may safely take the word of any mortal professing to need our assistance; and, even should we be...