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There is moderation even in excess.

— Benjamin Disraeli

More from Benjamin Disraeli

  1. Variety is the mother of Enjoyment.
  2. In politics, nothing is contemptible.
  3. Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We can not learn men from books.
  4. Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
  5. There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
  6. I repeat that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people all springs, and all…
  7. Fear makes us feel our humanity.
  8. Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of Grief the blunder of a life.

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  • Powinna byc lewa noga i prawa noga. A ja bede posrodku. Lech Walesa
  • You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. James Thurber

Topics in this quote

  • balance
  • moderation
  • excess

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