Nothing is more uncommon than a very large or a very small man; and this applies generally to all extremes, whether of great and small, or swift and slow, or fair and foul, or black and white; and whether the instances you select be man or dogs or anything else, few are the extremes,but many are in the mean between them. The Trials Of Socrates
One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear. Human, All Too Human
Law intends indeed to do service to human life, but it is not able when men do not choose to accept her services; for it is only in those who are obedient to her that she displays her special virtue. Fragment
Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. Never Give In!
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