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Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Book VI, Chapter 1.
Books, Coningsby (1844), Vivian Grey (1826)
“I have not been afraid of excess: excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.”
— W. Somerset Maugham, book The Summing Up
Source: The Summing Up (1938), p. 48
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