#excess

What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

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After an unremitting and severe labour of two days, we returned to our old encampment with the loss of some of my horses, and my men excessively fatigued. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

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One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune. ↗

— Lew Wallace

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Excess is success. ↗

— Roberto Cavalli

#success

Director Gary Ross has created an adaptation that is faithful in both narrative and theme, but he's also brought a rich and powerful vision of Panem, its brutality and excesses, to the film as well. His world building's fantastic, whether it be the Seam or the Capitol. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health. ↗

— Clarence Day

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There is moderation even in excess. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. ↗

— James Madison

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Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment. ↗

— William J. Brennan

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