Quotes by Excess That the American, by temperament, worked to excess, was true; work and whiskey were his stimulants; work was a form of vice; but he never cared much for money or power after he earned them. Henry Adams excess whiskey vices Everything in excess is opposed to nature. Hippocrates overconsumption consumerism excess All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another. Hippocrates excess healthy nature Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow. Honore de Balzac excess sorrow joy Enjoy the necessities of life but eschew the excesses. Ian Gardner excess enjoy life One should never regret one's excesses, only one's failures of nerve. Iain Banks excess nerves regret The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs down and prostates the mind also. Horace excess body mind In an excess of examples, the walk to globalization has additionally implied the minimization of women and young ladies. What's more that must change. Hillary Clinton globalization excess example A great deal more failure is the result of an excess of caution than of bold experimentation with new ideas. The frontiers of the Kingdom of God were never advanced by men and women of caution. J. Oswald Sanders excess men ideas The cause of our difficulties in southeast Asia is not a deficiency of power but an excess of the wrong kind of power which results in a feeling of impotence when it fails to achieve its desired ends. J. William Fulbright asia excess feelings This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything. Jacques Delors excess welfare desire When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with excess carbon dioxide emission, I think we ought to listen. James Baker excess energy thinking Bubbles are best identified by credit excesses, not valuation excesses. And there's no bigger credit excess than in China. James Chanos excess credit bigger Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses. James A. Baldwin faithful excess inspirational All pain is per se and especially in excess, destructive and ultimately fatal in its nature and effects. James Young effects excess pain Inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is to be divided upon a number, than when it is to fall singly upon one. A spirit of faction . . . will often hurry the persons of whom they were composed into improprieties and excesses for which they would blush in a private capacity. James Madison excess numbers fall Poppies bleed petals of sheer excess. You and I, this sweet battle ground. Janet Fitch excess battle sweet Language is wild - you can't fence it or tell it what to do - and it's the same with people. Even under the worst excesses of Stalinism or consumerism, the human spirit will still express itself. Jay Griffiths excess spirit people True charity is liable to excesses and transports. Jean Baptiste Massillon liable excess charity Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty. Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin excess modesty magic «1234567891011»
