Quotes by Excess Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. Adam Smith excessvicesfear What we suffer from today is an excess of education. Adolf Hitler excesssufferingtoday I cling like a miser to the freedom that disappears as soon as there is an excess of things. Albert Camus misersexcessdisappear A physical shortcoming could produce a kind of mental excess. The process, it seemed, was reversible. Mental excess could produce, for its own purposes, the voluntary blindness and deafness of deliberate solitude, the artificial impotence of asceticism. Aldous Huxley excesssolitudepurpose Resentment is, in every stage of the passion, painful, but it is not disagreeable, unless in excess; pity is always painful, yet always agreeable; vanity, on the contrary, is always pleasant, yet always disagreeable. Alec Douglas-Home excessvanitypassion The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes little difference whether this originality is carried to excess, as was the case with Steinitz and Nimzowitsch. Alexander Alekhine excessdifferenceswould-be It is a singular advantage of taxes on articles of consumption that they contain in their own nature a security against excess. They prescribe their own limit, which cannot be exceeded without defeating the end purposed - that is, an extension of the revenue. Alexander Hamilton excesstaxationlimits Hitler [had an] excess of imagination, which very frequently foresaw what would happen but also very often went astray. Alfred Jodl excessimaginationhappens Philosophy is the self-correction by consciousness of its own initial excess of subjectivity. Alfred North Whitehead excessselfphilosophy I'm a conservative because I believe we're here on this earth to do a little more than crawl through life, comfortable in the cradle of government excess and oblivious to the duties required to keep this republic standing. Allen West excessgovernmentbelieve The excess of pleasure is pain Almeida Garrett excesspleasurepain Barbarism recommences by the excess of civilization. Alphonse de Lamartine barbarismexcesscivilization It is almost certain that excess in eating is the cause of almost all the diseases of the body, but its effects on the soul are even more disastrous. Alphonsus Liguori excesssaintsoul Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contribute as well. Andrew Weil excessfood-cultureamerica There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts we should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer. Ann Coulter excesscancergovernment Nothing Succeeds like excess! Anna Dello Russo excesssucceedinspirational It's all about gold. It's all about gold, gold, gold, gold! Excess! Anna Dello Russo excessgold Feeding a baby is like filling a hole with putty - you get it in and then you sort of shave off all the excess around the hole and get it back in, like you're spackling. Anne Lamott excesslike-youbaby I'm not intensely private - I talk a great deal about my life and my work - I just don't play the game to excess. Annie Lennox excessgamesplay Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues Aristotle excesstragedyhero1234567891011»
