Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from ac

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. – W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up, 1938

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Wise Words
category

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. – Albert Schweitzer

Category:
Wise Words

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? – Abraham Lincoln

Category:
Wise Words

Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. – Chinese Proverb

Category:
Wise Words

Follow the seasons. Follow your heart. Lead by example. Lead with love, alongside simplicity and courage, embracing duty, shunning fear. – Terri Guillemets

Category:
Wise Words

Random Quotes

I always wanted to work with Michael Jackson. His music will live forever and with technology nowadays… maybe I could. – Jordin Sparks

Category:
Technology

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife. – Franz Schubert

Category:
Marriage

When you start fooling around with drugs, youre hurting your creativity, youre hurting your health. Drugs are death, in one form or another. If they dont kill you, they kill your soul. And if your souls dead, youve got nothing to offer, anyway. – Paul Stanley

Category:
Health

I wish I could know everything ever, like that would be my wish – thats what I hope heaven is, that they tell you who shot JFK and all that stuff. – Louis C. K.

Category:
Hope