Hawthorne

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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 to be obeyed.
    —Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)

    A woman’s chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.
    —Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)

    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 (1804–1864)