Excess Line

Famous quotes containing the words excess and/or line:

“Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

“There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. It’s another thing, though, to hold up that cloth for inspection.”
—John Gregory Brown (20th century)