Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

-- Francois Fenelon 芬乃伦

适度的精确和整洁是一种美德，但是过分的精确和整洁会使人心胸狭窄。

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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation.

告诉一个房子着火的人，适度地发出警报;告诉他适度地把他的妻子从掠夺者手中救出来;告诉母亲要慢慢地把她的孩子从它掉进去的火里救出来;但请敦促我不要使用节制。

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Mr. Wrigley believed in this: Put all your eggs in one basket and watch the basket. They don't do that today. This is the old-fashioned way I'm talking about. He carried it on to his business. Do one thing and stay with it.

箭牌先生的信念是:把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里，看好篮子。他们今天不这样做。这是我说的老式方法。他继续经营他的生意。做一件事并坚持下去。

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I am an ordinary person, but carried to extremes.

我是一个平凡的人，却走极端了。

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A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.

小风易起，大火难熄灭。

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