It is very singular how the fact of a man's death often seems to give people a truer idea of his character, whether for good or evil, than they have ever possessed while he was living and acting among them.


Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales: In 2 vols (ed. 1866)

Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

It is very singular how the fact of a man's death often seems to give people a truer idea of his character, whether for good or evil, than they have...

It is very singular how the fact of a man's death often seems to give people a truer idea of his character, whether for good or evil, than they have...

It is very singular how the fact of a man's death often seems to give people a truer idea of his character, whether for good or evil, than they have...

It is very singular how the fact of a man's death often seems to give people a truer idea of his character, whether for good or evil, than they have...