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Everything in excess is opposed to nature. (Quote by - Hippocrates)

Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess. (Quote by - Oscar Wilde)

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. (Quote by - W. Somerset Maugham)

In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble. (Quote by - Titus Maccius Plautus)

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right. (Quote by - Tallulah Bankhead)

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. (Quote by - Plato)

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