In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago.


The Snow-Image, and Other Tales, Preface (1852)

Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing...

In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing...

In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing...

In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel; and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing...