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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

Other quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream it may be so the moment after death. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Death
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Balance is a dynamic, never dull process. – Kristina Turner, The Self-Healing Cookbook, 2002, originally published 1987

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Moderation

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

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Moderation

It is better to rise from life as from a banquet – neither thirsty nor drunken. – Aristotle

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Moderation

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation. – John Ciardi

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How can I stand on the ground every day and not feel its power? How can I live my life stepping on this stuff and not wonder at it? Science says that an acre of soil produces one horsepower every day. But you could pour gasoline all over the ground forever and never see it sprout maple trees. – William Bryant Logan, Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

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You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a mans actions are, such must be his spirit. – Demosthenes

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Dialogue is not just quotation. It is grimaces, pauses, adjustments of blouse buttons, doodles on a napkin, and crossings of legs. – Jerome Stern, Making Shapely Fiction, 1991

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The burden one likes is cheerfully carried. – Proverb

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