Excess Quotes

540 Excess quotes by 425 unique authors

Misfortune occurs or can occur to anyone, of any sort of character. The eudaimonic has more resources to avoid it (being in autonomous control of… — Kenny Smith
Parents who indulge themselves 'in moderation' may have children who indulge themselves to excess. — Richard L. Evans
Our vices are the excesses of our virtues. — Pleasant Rowland
Excess is part of my nature. Dullness is a disease. I really need danger and excitement. I'm never scared of putting myself out on a… — Freddie Mercury
The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess. — Democritus
Success is not a process of accumulating wealth, building mass relationship or collecting things in excess, but developing, excelling, fostering and growing the happiness for… — Unknown Author
We learned long ago that liberty could be preserved only by limiting in some way the freedom of action of individuals; that otherwise liberty would… — Louis D. Brandeis
Perhaps I have lived my life to excess, but know what — if I had it to do over again, I would overdo it again. — Robert Breault
Exaggeration is in the course of things. Nature sends no creature, no man into the world, without adding a small excess of his proper quality.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer. Too much reading,… — Hannah More
You don't hear TV cops griping because they have to enforce some Draconian law that shouldn't be on the books in the first place, or… — Tom Shales
The mystic must be steadily told,-All that you say is just as true without the tedious use of that symbol as with it. Let us… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Marital intercourse is certainly holy, lawful and praiseworthy in itself and profitable to society, yet in certain circumstances it can prove dangerous, as when through… — Saint Francis de Sales
Make me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so little and which… — Jean de la Bruyere
I use the Clarisonic electronic skin cleansing system. It's great for removing excess oil and make-up and leaves my face feeling really smooth and clean.… — Fergie
All goes back to the earth, and so I do not desire pride of excess or power, but the contentments made by men who have… — Wendell Berry
Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition. — Seneca the Younger
In excess altercation, truth is lost. — Publilius Syrus
As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some individuals suffer.… — Samuel Johnson
A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels,… — Samuel Johnson
Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess… — Samuel Johnson
If there is anybody I detest, it is weak-minded sentimentalists-all those melancholy people who, out of an excess of sympathy for others, miss the thrill… — John Cheever
It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living. — Richard Le Gallienne
Pornography is the quadraphonics of sex. It adds a third and fourth track to the sexual act. It is the hallucination of detail that rules.… — Jean Baudrillard
When sages commend excess, Desire is sick. — Mason Cooley

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