Tanglewood Tales Quotes

“When men once turn to brutes, the trifle of man's wit that remains in them adds tenfold to their brutality.

..."These must certainly be my comrades," said Ulysses. "I recognize their dispositions. They are hardly worth the trouble of changing them into the human form again. Nevertheless, we will have it done, lest their bad example should corrupt the other hogs. Let them take their original shapes, therefore, Dame Circe, if your skill is equal to the task. It will require greater magic, I trow, than it did to make swine of them.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, TANGLE WOOD TALES

“other; and as for matters in general, he was wise enough to let them alone, and leave the Pygmies to manage their own affairs--which, after all, is about the best thing that great people can do for little ones.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, Tanglewood Tales