Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
More Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
Plato
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The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
Plato
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Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
Plato
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Oscar Wilde
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Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal.
Plato
