Use, do not abuse... Neither abstinence not excess ever renders man… — Voltaire · Skopia

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Use, do not abuse... Neither abstinence not excess ever renders man happy.

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Usez, n'abusez point...L'abstinence ou l'exces ne fit jamais d'heureux.

1738

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Voltaire. "Cinquieme discours: sur la nature de plaisir." Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme. 1738.

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