Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne
We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right. - Natha

We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Other quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Goals
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When scattered clouds are resting on the bosoms of hills, it seems as if one might climb into the heavenly region, earth being so intermixed with sky, and gradually transformed into it. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Sky & Clouds
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Butterflies
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Other Quotes from
Moderation
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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance. – Epicurus

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Moderation

That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this — that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution. – Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

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Moderation

Bliss is a constant state of mind, undisturbed by gain or loss. – Author Unknown

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Moderation

Let not turn fun to mischief. – Proverb

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Moderation

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