Glorious Excess

Famous quotes containing the words glorious and/or excess:

    “Lord, how can man preach thy eternall word?
    He is a brittle crazie glasse:
    Yet in thy temple thou dost him afford
    This glorious and transcendent place,
    To be a window, through thy grace.”
    —George Herbert (1593–1633)

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