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Our moral theorists seem never content with the normal. Why must i

Our moral theorists seem never content with the normal. Why must it always be a contest between fornication, obesity and laziness, and celibacy, fasting and hard labor? – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Keep a mid course between two extremes. – Ovid

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To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together… humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. – William Wordsworth

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Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm. – Jean Paul

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From a worldly point of view there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. – Samuel Butler, Note-Books, 1912

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