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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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attaches, AT ST, bartender, bartenders, Christmas, day of the year, excess, frenzy, good idea, last-minute, last name, Patrick, shopping, St Patrick, such as, trait, unfortunate, wretched
«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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active, address, excess, hiding, inconceivable, in essence, I Want You, message, one and the same, paradox, resolve, The Message, totally
«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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boil, disintegrate, disintegrated, disintegrates, disintegrating, excess, excrescence, impacts, multiplying, Out of Control, purposes, recklessly, Society of
«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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excess, leads, palace, The Palace, what is more
«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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excess, humors, sicken, sickened, sickening, sickens, spreads, The Passions
«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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