Excess Quotes

540 Excess quotes by 425 unique authors

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… — Aristotle
I love the excess of Christmas. The shopping season that begins in September, the bad pop star recordings of Christmas carols, the decorations that don't… — Mo Rocca
The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's… — Agatha Christie
Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Know thyself. Nothing in excess. The Self is required to balance the Self. — Ralph Blum
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. — Plato
A fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction. — Plato
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery. — Plato
Is it not the excess and greed of this and the neglect of all other things that revolutionizes this constitution too and prepares the way… — Plato
The significance and influence of just one BNP councillor is far in excess of the council powers such an elected figure can, in reality, command. — Steve Blake
Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. — Christopher Marlowe
But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but the deficiency, of… — John Stuart Mill
Everything in moderation, with occasional excess. — Neil Peart
Everything in excess is opposed to nature. — Hippocrates
We were never a band that did 96 takes of the same thing. I had heard of groups that were into that kind of excess… — Jimmy Page
When I think of happiness or joy in this life, I begin with some experiences that are simple and basic. I see the expression on… — Dallin H. Oaks
The magic of purpose and of love in its purest form. Not televison love, with its glare and hollow and sequined glint; not sex and… — Deb Caletti
Children who willingly participate in sexual acts have the right to make that decision as well, even if it's distasteful to us personally. Some children… — Mary Ruwart
He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time: The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw; but blasted… — Thomas Gray
The high-handed bureaucratic excesses of the IRS are a national disgrace ... riding roughshod over the taxpayers and making a joke out of our rule… — Paul Laxalt
There is a simple way of avoiding excess risk-taking by the managers of our financial institutions. It is to make it a crime ... had… — Paul Collier
Excess and deficiency are equally at fault. — Confucius
Nothing is of its nature evil, and nothing is of its nature good. Evil is only excess, good is simply balance. All things are subject… — Unknown Author
So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind; Sometimes breathing is hard, sometimes it comes easily; Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness;… — Laozi

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