The golden mean is an uninteresting doctrine, and I can remember when I was young rejecting it with scorn and indignation, since in those days it was heroic extremes that I admired. Truth is not always interesting, and many things are believed because they are interesting; although, in fact, there is little other evidence in their favour.
Source: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930, chap. 16：Effort and resignation
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