Excesses Quotes

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America, the great liberator, is in desperate need of being liberated from itself -- from its own excesses and arrogance. And the world needs to… — Kalle Lasn
One must not permit oneself excesses, except with persons whom one wishes soon to leave. — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Enjoy the necessities of life but eschew the excesses. — Ian Gardner
All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another. — Hippocrates
Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold, a nimble, a… — Thomas Sprat
When an individual wishes to stand in opposition to authority, he does best to find support for his position from others in his group. The… — Stanley Milgram
North Korea invites parody. We laugh at the excesses of the propaganda and the gullibility of the people. But consider that their indoctrination began in… — Barbara Demick
The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today. — Marty Meehan
The southern German has the imagination and emotionality to subscribe to a fanatic ideology, but he is ordinarily inhibited from excesses by his natural humaneness.… — Arthur Seyss-Inquart
When an editor works with an author, she cannot help seeing into the medicine cabinet of his soul. All the terrible emotions, the desire for… — Betsy Lerner
The boom was healthy too, even with its excesses. Because what this incredible valuation craze did was draw untold sums of billions of dollars into… — Andy Grove
Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts. — Bernard Tschumi
...whatever the self-righteous excesses of the environmentalist left, it is impossible to be true to traditional conservative values (to say nothing of the Christian faith… — Rod Dreher
Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always speculative excesses that… — Ron Chernow
An author describing the methods of intensive farming, or the excesses of sport hunting, or even the harsher uses of animals in science writes with… — Matthew Scully
Mankind suffers from two excesses: to exclude reason, and to live by nothing but reason. — Blaise Pascal
Christianity does not oppose debauchery and uncontrollable passions and the like as much as it opposes... flat mediocrity, this nauseating atmosphere, this homey, civil togetherness,… — Soren Kierkegaard
Though liberty is established by law, we must be vigilant, for liberty to enslave us is always present under that very liberty. Our Constitution speaks… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself. — Woodrow Wilson
Well, as you know, we're working through a difficult period in our financial markets right now as we work off some of the past excesses.… — Henry Paulson

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