#excess

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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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

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The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#business #control #equality #excessive #exclusive

I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with. And there's something wildy decadent about the young-star lifestyle, and I just don't really see the point. ↗

— Anne Hathaway

#class #class family #decadent #excess #family

From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#clean #commitment #economy #environment #equality

Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore rockers might argue that those excesses were responsible for some great records, but I know which side I came out on. ↗

— Tony Visconti

#although #argue #came #certainly #excesses

It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#fine #life #living #make #worth

The worst excesses of the Congress of the 1980s pale in comparison with what is going on in Washington today. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#congress #excesses #going #pale #today

The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous, wasteful and useless 'royal' family. I find it very sad. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

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The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#excess #faults #husbands #often #their