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From Chapter 30, "On moderation":
"It is as though our (humanity's) very touch bore infection: things which in themselves are good and beautiful are corrupted by our handling of them. We can seize hold even of Virtue in such a way that our action makes her vicious if we clasp her in too harsh and too violent an embrace. The archer who shoots beyond his target misses it just as much as the one who falls short."
— Sep 16, 2026 08:56AM
"It is as though our (humanity's) very touch bore infection: things which in themselves are good and beautiful are corrupted by our handling of them. We can seize hold even of Virtue in such a way that our action makes her vicious if we clasp her in too harsh and too violent an embrace. The archer who shoots beyond his target misses it just as much as the one who falls short."
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"We ought to judge the infinite power of Nature with more reverence and a greater recognition of our own ignorance and weakness."
— Aug 06, 2026 04:58PM
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The present will soon be the past, never to be recalled.
- Lucretius
— Jul 30, 2026 09:54AM
- Lucretius