superfluity
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Superfluity of riches, like superfluity of food, causes weakness and decay.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various
The new romance; Sentiment and humour; Russian middle class; The man of the future; Descriptions of nature; Superfluity of detail; The Russian proletaire; Psychology of murder; Artistic inaccuracy; Moujik and outcast; A poet's idealism.
From Maxim Gorki by Ostwald, Hans
Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
There is with him no Occasion for Superfluity at Meals, for Jollity in Company, in a word, for any thing extraordinary to administer Delight to him.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
That the Superfluity of temporal Wealth doth hinder the Faith.
From Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther by Bell, Captain Henry
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