#excess

Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#any #disgraceful #drinking #excessive #habits

For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties. ↗

— Kurt Student

#another #british #casualties #containers #contributed

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

#deal #excess #game #great #great deal

While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse. ↗

— Terence

#excess #i #life #principle #thing

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly. ↗

— Terence

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You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it. ↗

— Terence

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People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It may lead them into all sorts of compensatory excesses. ↗

— Dennis Potter

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Sensual excess drives out pity in man. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess. ↗

— L'Wren Scott

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Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. ↗

— Adam Smith

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