If mankind were all intellect, they would be continually changing, so that one age would be entirely unlike another. The great conservative is the heart, which remains the same in all ages; so that commonplaces of a thousand years' standing are as effective as ever.


January 1854 - Notebooks - The English Notebooks (1853 - 1858)

Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

If mankind were all intellect, they would be continually changing, so that one age would be entirely unlike another. The great conservative is the...

If mankind were all intellect, they would be continually changing, so that one age would be entirely unlike another. The great conservative is the...

If mankind were all intellect, they would be continually changing, so that one age would be entirely unlike another. The great conservative is the...

If mankind were all intellect, they would be continually changing, so that one age would be entirely unlike another. The great conservative is the...