Excess. Christy, Robert, comp. 1887. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages

Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Excess


All the virtues by excess degenerate into vices.	1
Beware of excess.	2
Every excess becomes a vice. Latin.	3
Everything in excess is adverse to nature. Hippocrates.	4
He that exceeds the commission must answer for it at his own cost. German.	5
Nothing to excess. La Fontaine.	6
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of Heaven to garnish, Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Shakespeare.	7