Hippocrates
Physician
"Everything in excess is opposed to nature."
Overconsumption quotes
Overconsumption
7 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Thomas Carlyle
Essayist, Historian, Novelist
"Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth."
Saint Augustine
Theologian, Philosopher
"All plenty which is not my God is poverty to me."
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"These are the true and only God, mighty and supreme."
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