"It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave its impression on all his performances."

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There are, then, three states of mind ... two vices--that of excess, and that of defect; and one virtue--the mean; and all these are in a certain sense opposed to one another; for the extremes are not only opposed to the mean, but also to one another; and the mean is opposed to the extremes.

— Aristotle