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Excess Quotes by Aristotle
- So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which…
- Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from…
- Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean.
- Virtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency.
- Again, it is possible to fail in many ways (for evil belongs to the class of the unlimited and good to that of the limited),…
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