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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

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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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Wisdom
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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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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You will go most safely in the middle. – Ovid

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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. – Hindu Proverb

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