E Quotes
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“Excess liquidity is the leading source of all bubbles.”
“Excess makes the heart grow fonder.”
“Excess of anything is bad for oneself but irritative for others.”
“Excess of everything is bad.”
Source: 10 GOLDEN Steps of Life
“Excess of everything is worst; even if it is best otherwise.”
Source: 10 Alone
“Excess of grief may bring on quite as fine a bout of madness an an excess of any thing else. Truth to tell, I was not quite myself for a time. Truth to tell, I was a little wild.”
Source: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.”
Source: Letters of Two Brides
“Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.”
“Excess of love, did ye say? There was no excess, there was defect. She loved her son too little, not too much. If she had loved him more there'd be no difficulty.”
“Excess of strength alone is proof of strength”
“Excess of trouble may, for a time, distract and overwhelm the soul. Our Lord himself seems to have experienced somewhat of this. Our prayers, perhaps, are never more acceptable, than when they are offered in broken accents, in sighs, and groans.”
Source: Claude's Essay on the Composition of a Sermon: Together with One Hundrer Skeletons, Being the Substance of Sermons Preached Before the University
“Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.”
Source: The Jew of Malta
“Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.”
Source: The Summing Up
“Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.”
“Excess weakens the spirits.”
“Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.”
Source: A Day of Dedication
“Excesses are essentially gestures. It is easy to be extremely cruel, magnanimous, humble or self-sacrificing when we see ourselves as actors in a performance.”
Source: The Passionate State of Mind
“Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife”
“Excessive administration secrecy... feeds conspiracy theories and reduces the public's confidence in government.”
“Excessive animal protein is at the core of many chronic diseases.”
“Excessive attachment either to material goods, to other individuals, or even attachment to the concept of ‘I’ is the major source of human suffering. And doesn’t it follow that such suffering can be ameliorated by avoiding the attachment?”
Source: The Schopenhauer Cure
“Excessive attention to the minutiae of astrology is one of the superstitions which has hurt the Hindus very much.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“Excessive caution can sometimes lead one as far astray as rash enthusiasm.”
“Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.”
“Excessive cleanliness is proven to be hazardous to long term human health.”
Source: Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue
“Excessive competitiveness, anxiety, hostility, suspiciousness, all originate in the nursery years. That is why, if we want a world of peace and not violence, love and not hate, cooperation and not murder, justice and not selfishness, we have to learn how to make childhood more happy. No nobler task could be pursued by our generation.”
“Excessive concern with religion seems to me a last resort for people who have been exhausted by life.”
“Excessive consumption was not seen as a desirable sign of membership of an elite, but as a warning: it was wealth for the benefit not of the city but of the individual, and it threatened to impoverish him too. Even more dangerously, if wealthy individuals clubbed together, who knew what damage they could inflict?...Wealth could too easily pervert one's judgement.”
Source: Eureka!: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Ancient Greeks but Were Afraid to Ask
“Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.”
“Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.”
“Excessive drinking is not good for my health, my family or my game. There has definitely been a change, and I feel better for it.”
“Excessive economic, social and cultural inequalities among peoples arouse tensions and conflicts, and are a danger to peace.”
“excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius.”
Source: Rich Dad, Poor Dad
“Excessive fear is always powerless.”
Source: Aeschylus I: The Persians, The Seven Against Thebes, The Suppliant Maidens, Prometheus Bound
“Excessive gas production with a putrid smell and loose or soft stools indicates that poor digestion is present.”
Source: Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue
“Excessive golfing dwarfs the intellect. Nor is this to be wondered at when you consider that the more fatuously vacant the mind is, the better for play. It has been observed that absolute idiots play the steadiest.”
“Excessive indulgence to others, especially to children is in fact only self-indulgence under an alias.”
Source: Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed
“Excessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathological”
Source: 3001: The Final Odyssey
“Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.”
“Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery.
[Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit.]”
“Excessive love in loathing ever ends.”
“Excessive masturbation is a sign that you are routinely in a high electromagnetic interference (EMI) environment.”
“Excessive optimism sows the seeds of its own reversal.”
“Excessive or irrational schedules are probably the single most destructive influence in all of software”
Source: Applied Software Measurement: Global Analysis of Productivity and Quality
“Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.”
Source: Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral and Religious
“Excessive partisanship is the problem. There has never been a democracy in the history of the world in a polity of any size where you didn't have political parties. Even sometimes over the objections of the people who started it.”
“Excessive praise arises from the same bigotry matrix as excessive criticism.”
“Excessive preoccupation with psyche and evil - either from supportive or antagonistic standpoints - fosters a degree of self-consciousness and self-importance that is very likely to eclipse the ever-present mystery of God's truth. Discernments are essential, but it is not at all necessary or helpful to become attached to making them. If possible, it is best to see psychological phenomena such as dreams, fantasies, images, and thoughts as manifestations of God's potential in the same way that nature, art, relationships, and all other phenomena are. Gazing into an empty, blue sky, kneeling in prayer in a cathedral, and recalling memories associated with a dream can all be worthwhile spiritual explorations. The can also all be distractions from spiritual exploration. The beauty of the sky or the cathedral can create an absorption with sensate experience, just as dream analysis can create ego-absorption.”
Source: Care of Mind/Care of Spirit: A Psychiatrist Explores Spirtual Direction
“Excessive self-criticism is a bad habit and extraordinarily self-destructive. Don't be your own worst enemy!”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.”
Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought