James Boswell Quotes

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

When people say to me less is more I reply, 'More is more'.

Less is not more. More is more.

Too much is the same as not enough.

I don't believe less is more. I believe that more is more. I believe that less is less, fat fat, thin thin and enough is enough.

Where there is abundance you can afford waste.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

You'd rather have a surplus versus a shortage in your position.

Good is not good, unless A thousand it possess, But doth waste with greediness.

Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.

Nature is, above all, profligate. Don't believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. Wouldn't it be cheaper to leave them on the tree in the first place? This deciduous business alone is a radical scheme, the brainchild of a deranged manic-depressive with limitless capital. Extravagance! Nature will try anything once.

Enough is equal to a feast.

Some people say that less is more. But I think more is more.

A little too much is just enough for me.

Too much is just enough.

Abundance is not a number or acquisition. It is the simple recognition of enoughness.

Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.

Excess is success.

Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with.

Too much may be the equivalent of none at all.

My relief of mind would be tremendous if we just had too much of something besides patriotism and spirit.

We have a ridiculous amount of material.

Enough 's as good as a feast.

Obsolescence is the moment of superabundance.