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

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove ones self a fool the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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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. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present. – William Lloyd Garrison

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There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth. – Vera Johnson

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

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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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