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Excess Quotes by Adam Smith
- The cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. ...People are seldom guilty of excess in what is their…
- Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
More Excess Quotes
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall. — Francis Bacon
- Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow. — Honore de Balzac
- Job growth well in excess of population increase would be a very good thing if it were only that easy. — Bob Beauprez
- Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess of what… — Bob Beauprez
- As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. — Josh Billings
- For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice… — Aeschylus
- The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake