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Excess Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- 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.…
- 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,…
- 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…
- Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses…
- Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him.…
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
- For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice… — Aeschylus
- Neither is a dictionary a bad book to read. There is no can't in it, no excess of explanation, and it is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- What if in my waking hours a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing? ... Would the bow and string… — Helen Keller
- 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
- The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. — Christian Nestell Bovee