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Riches are for spending.

» Francis Bacon (1561-1626) British statesman and philosopher

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.

» Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-born American political philosopher

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

» Pierre Beaumarchais (1732-1799) French dramatist

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

» Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) Irish writer, dramatist and poet, ['¨Waiting for Godot' Nobel Prize in Literature in 1969]

I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad.

» Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) American playwright

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

» W. H. Auden (1907-1973) English-born poet and man of letters

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

» Hippocrates (460-357) Greek Scientist

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

» Confucius (551-479) Chinese philosopher

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.

» Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) French sociologist, and 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.

» Stendhal (1783-1842) French novelist

The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

» Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist and actor

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