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Excess Quotes

Some virtue is needed, but not too much. Excess in anything is a defect Picture Quote #1

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick Picture Quote #1

O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient Picture Quote #1

Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness Picture Quote #1

Prayer can never be in excess Picture Quote #1

Excess always carries its own retribution Picture Quote #1

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Wine in excess keeps neither secrets nor promises Picture Quote #1

Nothing exceeds like excess Picture Quote #1

There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy Picture Quote #1

Excess of everything is worst; even if it is best otherwise Picture Quote #1

.... his silence he has indicated that he is willing. He hasn't the strength any more, the excess vitality, for an affair - its danger, its demand performances, the secrecy added like a filigree to your normal life, your gnawing preoccupation with it and with the constant threat of its being discovered and ended Picture Quote #1

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all Picture Quote #1

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The more local and settled a culture, the better it stays put, the less the damage. It is the foreigner whose road of excess leads to a desert … a man with a machine and inadequate culture … is a pestilence. He shakes more than he can hold Picture Quote #1

Sure, I did a lot of things in excess. But if you look at the core, the foundation of what I pursued, what red-blooded young American male in my position wouldn't? Picture Quote #1

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance Picture Quote #1

I've always believed it right for young people to drink. Not to be alcoholic of course, that is a passive state of being, not a positive action. But it is good to drink to excess Picture Quote #1

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage Picture Quote #1

The greatest artist does not have any concept Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain Within its excess, though only A hand that obeys the intellect can discover it Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

We know their dream; enough to know they dreamed and are dead; and what if excess of love bewildered them till they died? Picture Quote #1

I never felt that there was anything enviable in youth. I cannot recall that any of us, as youths, admired our condition to excess or had a desire to prolong it Picture Quote #1

Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort Picture Quote #1

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess Picture Quote #1

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments Picture Quote #1

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The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks Picture Quote #1

Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by excess Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

A man is a golden impossibility. The line he must walk is a hair's breadth. The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool Picture Quote #1

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Some virtue is needed, but not too much. Excess in anything is a defect (Excess Quotes) When sages commend excess, Desire is sick (Excess Quotes) O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient (Excess Quotes) Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness (Excess Quotes) Prayer can never be in excess (Excess Quotes) Excess always carries its own retribution (Excess Quotes) Wine in excess keeps neither secrets nor promises (Excess Quotes) Nothing exceeds like excess (Excess Quotes) There is a kind of love, the excess of which forbids jealousy (Excess Quotes) Excess of everything is worst; even if it is best otherwise (Excess Quotes) .... his silence he has indicated that he is willing. He hasn't the strength any more, the excess vitality, for an affair - its danger, its demand performances, the secrecy added like a filigree to your normal life, your gnawing preoccupation with it and with the constant threat of its being discovered and ended (Excess Quotes) The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all (Excess Quotes) The more local and settled a culture, the better it stays put, the less the damage. It is the foreigner whose road of excess leads to a desert … a man with a machine and inadequate culture … is a pestilence. He shakes more than he can hold (Excess Quotes) Sure, I did a lot of things in excess. But if you look at the core, the foundation of what I pursued, what red-blooded young American male in my position wouldn't? (Excess Quotes) Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance (Excess Quotes) I've always believed it right for young people to drink. Not to be alcoholic of course, that is a passive state of being, not a positive action. But it is good to drink to excess (Excess Quotes) Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage (Excess Quotes) The greatest artist does not have any concept Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain Within its excess, though only A hand that obeys the intellect can discover it (Excess Quotes) 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 (Excess Quotes) We know their dream; enough to know they dreamed and are dead; and what if excess of love bewildered them till they died? (Excess Quotes) I never felt that there was anything enviable in youth. I cannot recall that any of us, as youths, admired our condition to excess or had a desire to prolong it (Excess Quotes) Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort (Excess Quotes) It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess (Excess Quotes) Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments (Excess Quotes) The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later (Excess Quotes) 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 (Excess Quotes) Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks (Excess Quotes) Nothing is good in moderation. You cannot know good in anything until you have torn the heart out of it by excess (Excess Quotes) 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 (Excess Quotes) A man is a golden impossibility. The line he must walk is a hair's breadth. The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool (Excess Quotes)

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