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Augustus William Hare: One of the main seats of our weakness lies in this very notion, that what we do…

One of the main seats of our weakness lies in this very notion, that what we do at the moment cannot matter much; for that we shall be able to alter and mend and patch it just as we like by-and-by.

In today’s wordsOne of the main sources of our weakness is the notion that what we do right now can't matter much, because we can always alter, mend, and patch it later as we like.

Augustus William HareCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Character and Conduct: A Book of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers, 1890s

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