Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

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Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to...

In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that...

The wisest have the most authority.

The wisest have the most authority.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its...

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be?...

Let us describe the education of our men. What then is the education to be?...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by...

The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him...

The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

We villians are a very select group indeed. In the very desperation of our hate...

We villians are a very select group indeed. In the very desperation of our hate...

Nothing shall part us in our love till Thanatos at his appointed hour removed us...

Nothing shall part us in our love till Thanatos at his appointed hour removed us...