#extremes

The infinitesimal seedlings became a forest of trees that grew courteously, correcting the distances between themselves as they shaped themselves to the promptings of available light and moisture, tempering the climate and the temperaments of the Scots, as the driest land became moist and the wettest land became dry, seedlings finding a mean between extremes, and the trees constructing a moderate zone for themselves even into what I would have called tundra, until I understood the fact that Aristotle taught, while walking in a botanic garden, that the middle is fittest to discern the extremes. ("Interim") ↗

— William S. Wilson

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Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

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Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

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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. ↗

— George Chapman

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All situations in which the interrelationships between extremes are involved are the most interesting and instructive. ↗

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

#extremes #education

It is my view that we cannot conduct foreign policy at the extremes. ↗

— Joe Biden

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One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded. ↗

— Danny Boyle

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'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth. ↗

— Thomas Hood

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During periods of extreme fear or greed, you don't have the proper balance between those two to generate market efficiency and you get extremes in behavior. ↗

— Andrew Lo

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My acting range has always been something between the two extremes of 'raises left eyebrow' and 'raises right eyebrow.' ↗

— Roger Moore

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