Excess Quotes

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Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded princip

Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. Never would you have wished such beauty away.

Jennifer Donnelly

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Too much of anything could destroy you, Simon thought. Too m

Too much of anything could destroy you, Simon thought. Too much darkness could kill, but too much light could blind.

Cassandra Clare

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Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing,

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses.

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I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, a

I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.

Bernard Berenson

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We must remember balance and moderation. Patience can be spi

We must remember balance and moderation. Patience can be spiritually enriching and virtuous but when taken in excess, it turns to procrastination, the poison of inaction.

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Those that much covet are with gain so fond,For what they ha

Those that much covet are with gain so fond,For what they have not, that which they possessThey scatter and unloose it from their bond,And so, by hoping more, they have but less;Or, gaining more, the profit of excessIs but to surfeit, and such griefs sustain,That they prove bankrupt in this poor-rich gain.

William Shakespeare

Desires Greed Excess Gain Possessions Entitlement Insatiability

Nothing in excess.

Nothing in excess.

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Riches are for spending.

Riches are for spending.

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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; bu

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends -- it gives a lovely light!

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Willful waste brings woeful want.

Willful waste brings woeful want.

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To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

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I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad.

I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad.

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The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste.

The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it.

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We are no longer in a state of growth; we are in a state of

We are no longer in a state of growth; we are in a state of excess. We are living in a society of excrescence. The boil is growing out of control, recklessly at cross purposes with itself, its impacts multiplying as the causes disintegrate.

Jean Baudrillard

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Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the old

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it.

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Every day you waste is one you can never make up.

Every day you waste is one you can never make up.

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We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.

William Shakespeare

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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.

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Where there is no extravagance there is no love, and where t

Where there is no extravagance there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding.

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The greatest wastes are unused talents and untried ideas.

The greatest wastes are unused talents and untried ideas.

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