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.

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Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves to have his sails...

Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea Loves to have his sails...

He that shuns trifles must shun the world.

He that shuns trifles must shun the world.

I am ashamed the law is such an ass.

I am ashamed the law is such an ass.

An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.

An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a...

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a...

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the...

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the...

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

Ignorance is the mother of admiration.

Ignorance is the mother of admiration.

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.

And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary:...

And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry, he will be but a walking dictionary:...

Promise is most given when the least is said.

Promise is most given when the least is said.

Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.

Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

We inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

Pure innovation is more gross than error.

Pure innovation is more gross than error.

Ignorance is the mother of admiration

Ignorance is the mother of admiration

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

You always admire what you really don't understand.

You always admire what you really don't understand.

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

Ignorance is the womb of monsters