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Misattributed quotes — Nathaniel Hawthorne

1804–1864 United States

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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

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Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

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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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All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests.

Misattributed William Cowper Prime in The Old House by the River (1853)

Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nathaniel Hawthorne (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.