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«Wretched excess is an unfortunate human trait that turns a perfectly good idea such as Christmas into a frenzy of last-minute shopping-or attaches the name of St. Patrick to the day of the year that bartenders fear most.»
Author: Jon Anderson
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«To hide a passion totally (or even to hide, more simply, its excess) is inconceivable: not because the human subject is too weak, but because passion is in essence made to be seen: the hiding must be seen: I want you to know that I am hiding something from you, that is the active paradox I must resolve: at one and the same time it must be known and not known: I want you to know that I don't want to show my feelings: that is the message I address to the other.»
Author: Roland Barthes
(Critic)
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«We are no longer in a state of growth; we are in a state of excess. We are living in a society of excrescence. The boil is growing out of control, recklessly at cross purposes with itself, its impacts multiplying as the causes disintegrate.»
Author: Jean Baudrillard
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«The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom...for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough.»
Author: William Blake
(Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet)
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«The passions are the humors of the mind, and the least excess sickens our judgment. If the disease spreads to the mouth, your reputation will be in danger.»
Author: Baltasar Gracian
(Philosopher, Writer)
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«The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess»
«Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.»
«The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.»
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