Quote of the Week: Aristotle – Seek Moderation in All Things
with respect to acting in the face of danger,
courage is a mean between
the excess of rashness and the deficiency of cowardice;with respect to the enjoyment of pleasures,
temperance is a mean between
the excess of intemperance and the deficiency of insensibility;with respect to spending money,
generosity is a mean between
the excess of wastefulness and the deficiency of stinginess;with respect to relations with strangers,
being friendly is a mean between
the excess of being ingratiating and the deficiency of being surly;and
with respect to self-esteem,
magnanimity is a mean between
the excess of vanity and the deficiency of pusillanimity.- Aristotle
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I like Mark Twains quote; “moderation in all things, including moderation.” sic
Extreme circumstances require extreme action.
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