QuoteQuest“Usez, n'abusez point; le sage ainsi l'ordonne.Je fuis également Épictète et Pétrone.L'abstinence ou l'excès ne fit jamais d'heureux.”
— Voltaire
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Use, do not abuse; as the wise man commands. I flee Epictetus and Petronius alike. Neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.
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