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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s 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
Attribution: Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), U.S. author. The Blithedale Romance, ch. 2 (1852).

Categories: Author, Heroes And Heroines

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