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Excess Quotes

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

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

Jean Anouilh, French Playwright

Excess, Fun, Poor

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"Nothing exceeds like excess."

"Nothing exceeds like excess."

Al Jourgensen, Cuban Musician

Excess, Nothing

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"You're in a mess, and in excess."

"You're in a mess, and in excess."

Billy Strayhorn, American Composer

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"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess."

"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Excess, Moderation, Nothing

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"She's drunk dialing contractors Chloe said to Tara. "Someone should stop her."

"She's drunk dialing contractors Chloe said to Tara. "Someone should stop her."

Jill Shalvis, American Novelist

Excess, Humor, Concern, Truth

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"Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents."

"Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents."

John C. Ransom, American Poet

Excess, Nonsense, Now, Poets

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"Anything which you have in profusion is poison."

"Anything which you have in profusion is poison."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Excess, Poison, Life, Danger

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