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Excessive Quotes (page 10)

There had been so many easy words between them that Daniel was guilty of nodding every now and then and tuning out the excess. He hadn't known, at the time, that he should have been hoarding these, like bits of sea glass hidden in the pocket of a winter coat to remind him that once it had been summer. Jodi Picoult
Edward Gorey quote: "Such excess of passionis quite out of fashion"
Such excess of passionis quite out of fashion Edward Gorey
His high spiced wares were made to sell, and they sold; and his thousands of readers could as rationally charge their delight in filth upon him, as a glutton can shift upon his cook the responsibility of his beastly excess. Charles Dickens
Zbigniew Brzezinski quote: "To resolve conflicts, excessive ambitions and one's own fears..."
To resolve conflicts, excessive ambitions and one's own fears and aspirationis must be sacrificed. Zbigniew Brzezinski
...and as far as talent is concerned, there will be such an excess that our artists will become their own audiences, and audiences made up of ordinary people will no longer exist. Herman Hesse
William Blake quote: "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom...You never..."
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom...You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough. William Blake
Oscar Wilde quote: "When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the..."
When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring. Oscar Wilde
One will hate you for taking his life, another will run to excesses that you scorn. A third will emerge mad and raving, another a monster you cannot control. One will be jealous of your superiority, another shut you out... And the veil will always come down between you Make a legion, you will be, always and forever alone! Anne Rice
Dorothy Dunnett quote: "I do admire efficiency,’ said Marthe. ‘But how tedious it can..."
I do admire efficiency,’ said Marthe. ‘But how tedious it can be in excess. Dorothy Dunnett
Jeanette Winterson quote: "I would rather have regrets of excess than regrets of denial."
I would rather have regrets of excess than regrets of denial. Jeanette Winterson
...and I reminded myself that the reproach of intellectualism is often directed at the most sensitive natures, those most ardently alive, those obliged by their frailty or their excess of strength constantly to resort to the arduous disciplines of the mind. Marguerite Yourcenar
We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you. Alexander Dumas
trichloroethane [...] All my extensive testing has shown this to be the best treatment for a dangerous excess of human knowledge Chuck Palahniuk
Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put a certain utensil - well - well, nevermind. Agatha Christie
Hippocrates quote: "Everything in excess Is opposed by nature."
Everything in excess Is opposed by nature. Hippocrates

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