#excess

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

— Richard Le Gallienne

#fine #life #living #make #worth

Remember, I come from such an excessively overdone, red-carpet place called Hollywood. So I'm used to people blowing up their success in ways that are far above and beyond the truth. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#beyond #blowing #called #come #excessively

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess. ↗

— Menander

#chief #evil #excess #goodness

What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra went, the press was sure to go. And that got tiresome; it was stressful. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#appointment #attention #did #everything #everywhere

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

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

#excess #i #life #principle #thing

Sensual excess drives out pity in man. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#excess #man #out #pity #sensual

People who newly taste freedom tend to act excessively. ↗

— Toba Beta

#newly-at-freedom #attitude