...And no wonder that excess should prove the bane of Icarus, exulting in juvenile strength and vigor; for excess is the natural vice of youth, as defect...for all defects are justly esteemed more depraved thaii excesses. There is some magnanimity in excess. that, like a bird, claims kindred with the heavens;...

...doubtful sex, as having the strength of a man at first, but at last the impotence of a woman. * * * All defects are justly esteemed more depraved than...defect is a reptile, that basely crawls upon the earth. *% Rocks of distinctions and whirlpools of universalities are the bane and shipwreck of fine geniuses...

...symbolizes what Francis Bacon also discerned in him: "If man must perish by either [sc. excess or defect] , Icarus chose the better of the two; for all defects are justly esteemed more depraved than excesses" ("Icarus and Scylla and Charybdis," De scientia veterum 27). 10,039 Stage entrances such as Eine Wolke...