Excess and Restraint

Latin language proverbs and phrases about things moderate and excessive.

Nothing In Excess

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 05/31/2010

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Ne quid nimis
Nothing in excess.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 09/26/2009

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Studium immane loquendi
An insatiable desire for talking.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 09/24/2009

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Quod me nutrit me destruit.
What nourishes me, [also] destroys me.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/18/2009

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satis superque
Enough and more than enough.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/18/2009

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Totidem verbis
In exactly the same words.

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/10/2008

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Modus omnibus in rebus (Plautus)
Moderation in all things.