Extremes Quotes

Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so more

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.

Too austere a philosophy makes few wise men; too rigorous politics, few good subjects; too hard a religion, few persons more

Too austere a philosophy makes few wise men; too rigorous politics, few good subjects; too hard a religion, few persons whose devotion is of long continuance.

Mistrust the man who finds everything good; the man who finds everything evil; and still more the man who is more

Mistrust the man who finds everything good; the man who finds everything evil; and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me also remind you more

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me also remind you that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.

Extremes meet and there is no better example than the haughtiness of humility.

Extremes meet and there is no better example than the haughtiness of humility.

In everything the middle course is best; all things in excess bring trouble.

In everything the middle course is best; all things in excess bring trouble.

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The more

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his more

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his palace - More followers than a thief to the gallows