Quote#Nature
It is the nature of men, having escaped one extreme, which by force…
Quote byWalter Raleigh · 1552–1618
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Cabinet Council (published 1658), Chapter 25.
English (original)
It is the nature of men, having escaped one extreme, which by force they were constrained long to endure, to run headlong into the other extreme, forgetting that virtue doth always consist in the mean.
— Walter Raleigh
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