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Benjamin Disraeli

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

Benjamin Disraeli

Men

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Disraeli suggests that moderation is praised mainly to keep highly ambitious men from striving too far and to comfort ordinary people who lack success or talent. In other words, it serves both as a restraint on greatness and a consolation for those who do not achieve much.

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