![In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men.
[Lat., Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu;
Nimia omnia nimium exhibent negotium hominibus ex se.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/in-everything-the-middle-course-is-best-all-things-in-excess-bring-trouble-to-me.jpg)
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