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Comedy (play)3 quotes
If music be the food of love, play on.
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die. — William Shakespeare · 1602Can one desire too much of a good thing? — William Shakespeare · 1616They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. — William Shakespeare · 1598Philosophical literature3 quotes
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake · 1793You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. — William Blake · 1794The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not. — Democritus · 370 BCHistory (play)1 quote
They surfeited with honey and began
To loathe the taste of sweetness, whereof a little
More than a little is by much too much. — William Shakespeare · 1597Romantic comedy (play)1 quote
If music be the food of love, play on.
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die. — William Shakespeare · 1602Travel writing1 quote
A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. — Mark Twain · 1897