“ Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principles. ”
- William J. Durant- Copy
- 1.1K
“ In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble. ”
- Thomas Brackett Reed- Copy
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“ A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
- 2.8K
“ Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the restraints of conscience. ”
- Albert J. Nock- Copy
- 1.9K
“ They are as sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Everything runs to excess; every good quality is noxious if unmixed. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 3.5K
“ Violence arises not out of superfluity of power but out of powerlessness. ”
- Rollo May- Copy
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“ Know thyself. Nothing in excess. The Self is required to balance the Self. ”
- Blum Ralph- Copy
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“ Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. ”
- Adam Smith- Copy
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“ Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ I have been made redundant before and it is a terrible blow; redundant is a rotten word because it makes you think you are useless. ”
- Billy Connolly- Copy
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“ A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment. ”
- Harvey S. Firestone- Copy
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“ Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ A man who accustoms himself to buy superfluities is often in want of necessities. ”
- Hannah Farnham Lee- Copy
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“ The excesses of our youth, are drafts upon our old age, payable with interest, about thirty years after date. ”
- C.C. Colton- Copy
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“ Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses. ”
- George F. Will- Copy
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“ Wisdom hath her excesses, and no less need of moderation than folly. ”
- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne- Copy
- 2.8K
“ My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses. ”
- Camille Paglia- Copy
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“ Witticisms please as long as we keep them within boundaries, but pushed to excess they cause offense. ”
- Phaedrus- Copy
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“ Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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