Reality is a creation of our excesses.

Men have had the vanity to pretend that the whole creation was made for them, while in reality the whole creation does not suspect…

— Camille Flammarion

For those with ambition, reality is more of a creation than an unalterable certainty.

— Lori Guinn

Our vices are the excesses of our virtues.

— Pleasant Rowland

Excesses are essentially gestures. It is easy to be extremely cruel, magnanimous, humble or self-sacrificing when we see ourselves as actors in a performance.

— Eric Hoffer

To what excesses do men rush for the sake of religion, of whose truth they are so little persuaded, and to whose precepts they…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Well the thing is that under the [Ronald] Reagan administration, excesses have occurred in terms of over regulating certain types of behavior, and excesses…

— Frank Zappa

The excesses of love soon pass, but its insufficiencies torment us forever.

— Mignon McLaughlin

True charity is liable to excesses and transports.

— Jean Baptiste Massillon

Enjoy the necessities of life but eschew the excesses.

— Ian Gardner

I loved the music, but the excesses of rock n' roll never really appealed to me at all. I couldn't see the point of…

— Robert Palmer

No country can be complacent in making sure that excessive debt of the household doesn't create excesses and weaknesses in the financial system. Everything…

— Nouriel Roubini

While pimples are not as simple as too much milk or sugar in your diet, both have a significant impact. Nutritional deficiencies as well…

— Mark Hyman

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

— J. B. Priestley

“Down close to certain flowers all excesses are sufficiencies”

— David Giannini

“As with most excesses in life, you have to drown yourself in them to realize that they don’t make you happy.”

— Mark Manson