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Excess Quotes by Plato
- Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
- A fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction.
- Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
- 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…
- Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from…
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