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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

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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What we call real estate – the solid ground to build a house on – is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Property
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Moderation
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To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. – Saint Augustine of Hippo

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Moderation

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. – Confucius, Analects

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Moderation

Enough is as good as a feast. – English Proverb

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Moderation

He who makes a paradise of his bread makes a hell of his hunger. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Moderation

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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. – Sophocles

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If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute — Ive got to have them. – Ken Dodd

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The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. – Reinhold Niebuhr

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