Minna Antrim Quotes

Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.

Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

I'm not overly greedy.

From abundance springs satiety.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

Leave the table while you still feel you could eat a little more.

A bellyful is a bellyful.

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

Our culture highlights the desire to always have more, even when we should be grateful for what we have.

There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.

I always want more.

The point is that you can't be too greedy.

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

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

Can people who hunger so desperately for what other people have ever have enough?

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Hunger and self-control do not go hand in hand.

Work hard, earn a great living, get whatever you want out of life, have all the stuff you want. But there should be a ceiling on it-enough is enough!

Sex is like money; only too much is enough.

I am weary of happiness, both as a word and as a concept.

Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.