“ Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as "uncertain" is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy. ”
- Bo Bennett- Copy
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“ My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car. ”
- Larry Hagman- Copy
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“ Everything in excess is opposed to nature. Doing nothing is sometimes a good remedy. ”
- Hippocrates- Copy
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“ Americans are overreaching; overreaching is the most admirable and most American of the many American excesses. ”
- George F. Will- Copy
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“ Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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“ If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity. ”
- Oscar Wilde- Copy
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“ A man who accustoms himself to buy superfluities is often in want of necessities. ”
- Hannah Farnham Lee- Copy
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“ The state of life is most happy when superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting. ”
- Plutarch- Copy
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“ The Devil beget darkness; darkness beget ignorance; ignorance beget error and his brethren; error beget free-will and presumption; free-will beget works; works beget forgetfulness of God; forgetfulness beget transgression; transgression beget superstition; superstition beget satisfaction; satisfaction beget the mass-offering; the mass-offering beget the priest; the priest beget unbelief; unbelief beget hypocrisy; hypocrisy beget traffic in offerings for gain; traffic in offerings for gain beget Purgatory; Purgatory beget the annual solemn vigils; the annual vigils beget church-livings; church-livings beget avarice; avarice beget swelling superfluity; swelling superfluity beget fulness; fulness beget rage; rage beget license; license beget empire and domination; domination beget pomp; pomp beget ambition; ambition beget simony; simony beget the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
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