"All good qualities grow into some diminution; the thrifty is close to the miser, the generous is related to the spendthrift, the waist is almost the equal of the braggart; in the very pious there is already a little sanctimoniousness; there are just as many vices in virtue as there are holes in Diogenes' cloak.
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All good qualities grow into some diminution; the thrifty is close to the miser, the generous is related to the spendthrift, the waist is almost the equal of the braggart; in the very pious there is already a little sanctimoniousness; there are just as many vices in virtue as there are holes in Diogenes' cloak.
""Minden jó tulajdonság valami fogyatkozásba fajzik; a takarékos közel van a fösvényhez, a bőkezű a pazarlóval rokon, a derék majdnem párja a hencegőnek; a nagyon jámborban van már egy kis szenteskedés; éppen annyi bűn van az erényben, mint amennyi lyuk Diogenes köpenyén."