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excess
«Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.»
Author: John Henry Newman
(Cardinal)
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Evil
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corruption, defect, excess, perversion, perversions, substance
«Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not»
«Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.»
«Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.»
Author: William Somerset Maugham
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
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acquiring, deaden, deadened, deadening, deadens, effect, excess, exhilarate, exhilarated, exhilarating, moderation, occasion, on occasion, prevents
«As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.»
Author: Josh Billings
(Humorist)
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Truth
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excess, scarce, supply, Supply and demand
«Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, that itself will need reforming»
Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(Critic, Philosopher, Poet)
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carried, excess, reform, reforming