Truth, like the juice of a poppy, in small quantities calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them and is attended by fatal consequences in its excess.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Walter Savage Landor, (Jan 30 1775-1864), English poet, essayist; He is noted for his principal prose Imaginary Conversations, 1824-53.