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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
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The line suggests that going beyond ordinary limits can lead to deeper understanding. “The road of excess” represents intense experience or risk, while “the palace of wisdom” represents valuable insight. It does not praise every form of excess; it presents difficult or extreme experience as something that may teach lessons ordinary caution cannot.
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