Excess
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Excess is a state of something being present beyond a requisite amount. In certain contexts, it has a more specialized meaning:
- In insurance, as a synonym for deductible.
- In chemistry, describing any reagent that is not the limiting reagent.
- Excess is also the title of a track by Tricky featured in the film Thir13en Ghosts (see also Blowback (album)).
[edit] Quotations about excess
"T'is not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess." --John Selden
"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess." --Oscar Wilde
"The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom." --William Blake
"Food that's left over and not eaten." --Bart Wildder
[edit] See also
- Consumerism
- Surplus
- Jean Baudrillard and a Counter-Mannerist Art of Latent Excess by Joseph Nechvatal
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