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Excess
generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the
opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in
individuals, or in governments.
-- Plato
BC 427?-347?, Greek
Philosopher
Ours is a
culture based on excess, on overproduction; the result is a
steady loss of sharpness in our sensory experience. All the
conditions of modern life -- its material plenitude, its
sheer crowdedness -- conjoin to dull our sensory faculties.
-- Susan Sontag
1933-, American Essayist
I hold this as
a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad.
-- Terence
BC 185-18159, Roman Writer of
Comedies
Nothing in
excess.
-- Source Unknown
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