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extremes

«Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.»
Author: Francois Fenelon | Keywords: extremes, narrows
«However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.»
«Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.»
«In this world of extremes, we can only love too little.»
Author: Rich Cannarella | Keywords: extremes
«Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.»
«Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | Keywords: extremes
«Extremes in Nature equal good produce; Extremes in man concur to general use»
«Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility»
«Anyone desperate enough for suicide...should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow away on the boat to New Zealand and start over, do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try.»
«Fierce extremesIn their continuances will not feed themselves.»