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Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time to discuss the most important problems. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

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Nothing exceeds like excess. ↗

— Al Jourgensen

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Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. ↗

— Josh Billings

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Excessive literary production is a social offense. ↗

— George Eliot

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I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence. ↗

— George Eliot

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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

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There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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