Quotes: Scenes (2).

Scene 554          "A stately mansion, illuminated for a ball, with cut-glass chandeliers and alabaster lamps in every room, and sunny landscapes hanging around the walls." Hawthorne: Night Sketches: “Beneath an Umbrella.”

Scene 554          "And now another sound,--the rumbling of wheels,--as the mail-coach, outward bound, rolls heavily off the pavements, and splashes through the mud and water of the road." Hawthorne: Night Sketches: “Beneath an Umbrella.”

Scene 583          "The snow came down so fast that it covered the coffin in its passage from the hearse to the sepulcher." Hawthorne: “Thomas Green Fessenden”

Scene 640          "The night was chill and raw, and rendered boisterous by almost a gale of wind, which whistled along Washington Street, causing the gas lights to flare and flicker within the lamps." Hawthorne: Legends of the Province-House. II: “Edward Randolph’s Portrait.”

Scene               719          "I look at him in the very moment of intensest bustle, on the arrival of the cars…the shriek of the engine, as it rushes into the car-house, is the utterance of the steam-fiend…travelers swarm forth…full of the momentum which they have caught from their mode of conveyance…seems as if the whole world…were…set in rapid motion…. In the midst of this terrible activity, there sits the old man…so subdued, so hopeless, so without a stake in life…the forlorn old creature, one chill and somber day after another, gathering scanty coppers for his cakes, apples and candy…." Hawthorne

Quotes: Scenes.

Scene 1356        "…the sea, all sparkling and dimpling in the sunshine, and murmuring gently against the beach. " “The Dragon’s Teeth” Hawthorne, Tanglewood Tales

Scene 1411       " …straining her eyes into the wonderful cavity, and soon saw a team of four sable horses, snorting smoke out of their nostrils, and tearing their way out of the earth, with a splendid golden chariot whirling at their heels."  “The Pomegranate-Seeds” Hawthorne, Tanglewood Tales

Scene 1272        "Philemon and his wife turned towards the valley, where, at sunset, only the day before, they had seen the meadows, the houses, the gardens, the clumps of trees, the wide, green-margined street, with children playing in it, and all the tokens of business, enjoyment, and prosperity…no longer any appearance of a village…in its stead, they beheld the broad, blue surface of a lake, which filled the great basin of the valley, from brim to brim, and reflected the surrounding walls in its bosom; with as tranquil an image as if it had been there ever since the creation of the world."  “The Miraculous Pitcher” Hawthorne’s The Wonder Book for Boys and Girls

Scene 535         "Never had Peter beheld a livelier scene…the bright sun; the flashing water-drops; the gleaming snow; the cheerful multitude; the variety of rapid vehicles; and the jingle-jangle of merry bells, which made the heart dance to their music." Hawthorne: "Peter Goldthwaite's Treasure"

Scene 553          "Through yonder casement I discern a family circle,--the grandmother, the parents, and the children, all flickering, shadow-like, in the glow of a wood fire." Hawthorne: Night Sketches: “Beneath an Umbrella.”

Quotes: Sayings (22).

Saying            364          "Who rests rusts." German. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying            366          "To a quick ear, half a word is enough." German. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying            455          "There was a saying, 'It is better to be the hunted than the hunter.' ” Mailer, The Naked and the Dead.

Saying, famous             177          "I frame no hypotheses; I deal entirely with facts." Sir Isaac Newton. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

 

Saying, famous             318          "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him." Voltaire. French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Quotes: Sayings (21)

 Saying            344          "Thou shalt gain by giving away." From the Upanishad. Sanskrit. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying            351          "A worthless vase never slips from the hand." Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying            356          "He conquers who endures." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying            356          "He conquers who conquers himself." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying            362          "The voice of the people is the voice of God." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Comment:  Remarkable how many of these pithy sayings are half-truths.

Quotes: Sayings (20)

Saying              337          "Everything falls on the sore finger". Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying              338          "Everyone is against the fallen" Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Example: Tiger Woods in 2009-2010.

Saying              340          "To understand all is to pardon all." Madame de Stael. French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying              341          "Everybody is wise after the event". French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying            344          "And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." Matt. xv. 14. Greek. Dictionary of Foreign Terms.I didn't know St. Matthew had a sense of humor.

Quotes: Sayings (19)

 Saying              325          "No one loves the bearer of bad tidings." Sophocles. Greek. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. I hate, loathe, despise and abominate weather forecasters.

Saying              331          "The wound unuttered lives deep within the breast." Vergil. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. If you don't talk about it, it will fester.

Saying              333          "He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday." French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. Life is a series of cycles.

Saying              336         "One here-it-is is worth two you-will-have-its." French. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. What you already have is worth more than broken promises.

Saying              336          "Satiety begets insolence." Terence. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms.

Quotes: Sayings (18)

Saying              290          "He who asks timidly courts denial." Seneca. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying              299          "Giving requires good sense." Ovid. Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying              310          "A sage out of season is a fool." Italian. Dictionary of Foreign Terms. If the times are not receptive, the sage will be ignored.

Saying              315          "Think with the few, speak with the many." Gracian y morales. Spanish. Dictionary of Foreign Terms

Saying              316          "I follow, but am not inferior." Latin. Dictionary of Foreign Terms