Excess Quotes

Everything in excess is opposed to nature. Hippocrates
Nature Everything Excess Opposed
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. William Blake
Wisdom Excess Road Leads Palace
I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time. Mark Twain
Time Only Excess Never Smoke Moderation
Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. James Madison
Property Man Power Respected Possessions Prevails Excess Faculties Safe Sort Opinions His Person Where
For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight. Aeschylus
Great Man Justice Wealth Defense Kicked Sight Out Excess Altar His Who
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. Adam Smith
Virtue Feared More Excess Because Subject Than Vice Regulation Conscience
Use, do not abuse... neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. Voltaire
Man Happy Neither Excess Abstinence Abuse Nor Use Ever
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. Oscar Wilde
Nothing Excess Like Moderation Succeeds Thing Fatal
Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all. John W. Gardner
World Simple Political Conviction Back Extremism Excess Prime Involves Diagnosis Ingredients Ills Villains Two
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. Josh Billings
Truth Truth Is Scarce Excess Supply Demand Always Been
Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal. Gustave Flaubert
Beautiful Man Woman Animal Excess Ideal Vulgar Created Whom
Populists have always been out to challenge the orthodoxy of the corporate order and to empower workaday Americans so they can control their own economic and political destinies. This approach distinguishes the movement from classic liberalism, which seeks to live in harmony with concentrated corporate power by trying to regulate excesses. Jim Hightower
Political Challenge Power Own Control Live Approach Harmony Corporate Liberalism Destinies Distinguishes Out Classic Seeks Economic Excess Concentrated Empower Always Been Trying American Movement Order Which Regulate Orthodoxy
Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. John Keats
Thoughts Own Strike Fine Poetry Excess Highest Remembrance Almost Reader Surprise His Singularity Wording Should Appear
Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Guide Excess Never Go Moderation Your
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. Plato
Change Direction Excess Generally Individuals Reaction Causes Opposite Opposite Direction Governments Whether Produces Seasons
My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses. Camille Paglia
Great Generation Our Liberalism Destroyed My Generation Excess Ideals Because Sixties
Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little. D. H. Lawrence
Age Ours Excess Feel Know Little Much Conscious
The framers hated the tyranny of King George, but they were also afraid of the mob. That's why they put so many checks and balances into our system, to guard against the excesses of a government that might be inflamed by public passion or perverted by a dictator's whim. David Ignatius
Government Passion Tyranny King Guard Framers Our System Hated Excess Put Checks Checks And Balances Also Balances George Were Mob Dictator Inflamed Afraid Against Whim Public Might Many Why
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Great Mind Sign Great Mind Excess Greatness Prefer Dislike Measure Things
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Will Every Minds Weak Weak Minds Carried Excess However Itself Reform Reforming Necessary Need
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset Maugham
Habit Prevents Excess Occasion Exhilarating Effect Moderation Acquiring
Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess. Walter Savage Landor
Truth Men Consequences Small Excess Attended Like Quantities Calms Juice Irritates Them Poppy Larger Fatal
The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm. Gelsey Kirkland
Service Theatre Light Stress Pressure Moral Authority Starvation Punctuality Moral Stay Physical Only Voices Excess Poisoning Taken Performance Demanded Occasional Within Were Continuing Norm Lip Lip Service Authority Moderation Meaningless Paid Measures
Whether you are checking luggage or bringing a carry-on, always weigh and measure your bags to make sure they are below the airline's size and weight restrictions. Excess baggage fees can be costly. Avoid all baggage fees by only bringing a carry-on. Gillian Tans
You Airline Costly Only Restrictions Excess Weigh Weight Baggage Bags Checking Fees Make Sure Always Size Whether Your Measure Avoid Luggage Bringing Below
Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it. Horace
Mind Yesterday Down Excess Body
As a political metaphor, a revolution could, in that sense, mean only a return to better times, or to the true constitution: a ridding of excess or usurpers. Ian Hacking
Constitution Better Political Revolution Sense Only Could Excess True Return Metaphor Times Mean
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