Quotes Tagged "excess"

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

Most of us try to do too much because we are secretly afraid we will not be able to do anything at all.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

I could do with a bit more excess. From now on I'm going to be immoderate--and volatile--I shall enjoy loud music and lurid poetry. I shall be rampant.

Having beef with someone is unnecessary and avoidable. Whatever the issue, if not positive, it is an opportunity to cut the excess fat from an unhealthy dietary network. Simply excuse yourself from the table of negativity and lean forward in peace.

Use, do not abuse... neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

Undergraduate life on college campuses tends in the direction of neopagan excess.

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.

It is more rewarding to be complicit with scarcity than excess.

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Crime is a product of social excess.

There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess.

India's trade deficit is because of excess of import over exports.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.