Logo
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

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich. – Sarah Bernhardt

Category:
Wise Words

Lend, by your imperfections, self-esteem to others, and you will be invited everywhere. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Wise Words

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. – Thomas Edison

Category:
Wise Words

It is better to stir up a question without deciding it, than to decide it without stirring it up. – Joseph Joubert

Category:
Wise Words

Random Quotes

Scrapbooking is cheaper than a therapist. – Author Unknown

Category:
Scrapbooking

Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware. – Thích Nhất Hạnh

Category:
Live Now

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time. – Franklin P. Adams

Category:
Experience

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application. – Samuel Smiles

Category:
Neglect, Negligence