Maugham Wrote

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    Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of habit.
    —W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)

    Both Socrates and Jesus were outstanding teachers; both of them urged and practiced great simplicity of life; both were regarded as traitors to the religion of their community; neither of them wrote anything; both of them were executed; and both have become the subject of traditions that are difficult or impossible to harmonize.
    Jaroslav Pelikan (b. 1932)