A Quote by Walter Savage Landor

Wherever there is excessive wealth, there is also in the train of it excessive poverty.

Walter Savage Landor

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Walter Savage Landor
English - Poet
January 30, 1775 - September 17, 1864

If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.

Thales

The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all plagues-not faction, but rather distraction-there should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor, again, excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil . . . Now the legislator should determine what is to be the limit of poverty or of wealth.

Plato

There is harm not only in trying to gain wealth but also in excessive concern with even the most necessary things. It is not enough to despise wealth, but you must also feed the poor and, more importantly, you must follow Christ.

Saint John Chrysostom

There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.

Plato

My biggest weakness is that I'm excessive. Fortunately for everyone concerned, I'm not as excessive as I used to be.

Mel Gibson

Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.

Zoroaster

Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

William Blake

Excessive liberty leads both nations and individuals into excessive slavery. [Lat., Nimia libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility.

Ken Follett

Italy and France could lop off their excessive wealth through a one-time tax on private wealth.

Edmund Phelps

I hate movies that take a long time to shoot or directors that labor over every shot or do excessive amounts of coverage and excessive takes and don't keep things moving or constantly cutting.

Stanley Tucci

I love rap, and part of hip-hop culture is being excessive and absurd, and I can't be excessive and absurd without sounding corny. So I have to do it in a very truthful, weird way.

Lil Dicky

Among my greatest disappointments about the mutual fund industry - in addition to excessive costs and excessive focus on the short-term - is that fund managers have been passive participants in corporate governance.

John C. Bogle

Once you avoid the things that accelerate aging like smoking, obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, and excessive sun exposure, you've done about as much as you can to influence your aging process.