“He that seeketh victory over his nature, let him not set himself too great, nor too small tasks; for the first will make him dejected by often failings; and the second will make him a small proceeder, though by often prevailings.”
The Essays Or Counsels, Civil And Moral, Of Francis Ld. Verulam Viscount St. Albans (1625), Of Nature in Men
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Nus ne puet estre trop parliers
Qui sovent tel chose ne die
Qui torné li est affolie,
Car li sages dit et retrait:
Qui trop parole, il se mesfait.
Source: Perceval or Le Conte du Graal, Line 1650.

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Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook H (1784-1788)

Source: The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I, Chapter IX, p. 111.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I, Chapter IX, p. 111.