Quote#Solitude
Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success,…
Quote byEdward Everett · 1794–1865
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Edward Everett, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 352..
English (original)
Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone lead to a pure and lasting fame and the blessings of posterity.
— Edward Everett
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