A thing, moderately good, is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper, is… — Thomas Paine
A thing, moderately good, is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice.
Rights of Man · 1792
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Paine, Thomas. "Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Paine, Thomas. Letter Addressed to the Addressers, on the Late Proclamation. London: H. D. Symonds and Thomas Clio Rickman, 1792.