Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

  • -- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿

中庸与智慧是分不开的伴侣,但天才与之连点头之交都没有。

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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation.

告诉一个房子着火的人,适度地发出警报;告诉他适度地把他的妻子从掠夺者手中救出来;告诉母亲要慢慢地把她的孩子从它掉进去的火里救出来;但请敦促我不要使用节制。

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

中立的人是魔鬼的盟友。