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Entrar para revisão“Todo excesso causa um defeito; todo defeito, um excesso. Todo doce tem o seu azedo; todo mal, o seu bem.”
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Every excess causes a defect; every defect an excess. Every sweet hath its sour; every evil its good.
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Compensation
Contexto: Every excess causes a defect; every defect an excess. Every sweet hath its sour; every evil its good. Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly. For every thing you have missed, you have gained something else; and for every thing you gain, you lose something. If riches increase, they are increased that use them. If the gatherer gathers too much, nature takes out of the man what she puts into his chest; swells the estate, but kills the owner. Nature hates monopolies and exceptions.
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Fonte: Flor de Obsessão: as 1000 melhores frases de Nelson Rodrigues; Coleção das obras de Nelson Rodrigues: as 1000 melhores frases de Nelson Rodrigues", de Nelson Rodrigues, Ruy Castro - Publicado por Companhia das Letras, 1992 ISBN 8571646678, 9788571646674 - 183 páginas, Página 94
