《智慧书·第二辑·五一至一百》第32则
Drain Nothing to the Dregs, neither Good nor Ill. A sage once reduced all virtue to the golden mean. Push right to the extreme and it becomes wrong: press all the juice from an orange and it becomes bitter. Even in enjoyment never go to extremes. Thought too subtle is dull. If you milk a cow too much you draw blood, not milk.
注释摘要
把好事或坏事做到尽头，结果往往反过来惩罚人。这则格言的标题与正文原是一句话，核心只有一个：任何东西被榨干到渣都不剩，反而会毁掉它本来的好处。葛拉西安用的不是抽象说理，而是一连串榨取、压榨、挤干的比喻，每一个都指向同一个逻辑——越过某个限度，好就变成坏，甜就变成苦。 他先说善恶两端都不该耗尽，然后引用了一句来历模糊的话：“某位智者曾将全部德行归结为黄金中道。…