"The mother of excess is not joy but…" — Friedrich Nietzsche

More Excess Quotes

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• We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and… — 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… — 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… — Aeschylus
• The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake
• Never order food in excess of your body weight. — Erma Bombeck
• The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. — Christian Nestell Bovee
• I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the… — Giacomo Casanova
• I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I… — Giacomo Casanova

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