Too much colour blinds the eye,
Too much music deafens the ear,
Too much taste dulls the palate,
Too much play maddens the mind,
Too much desire tears the heart.

--from the Tao Te Ching

For the record, this isn't posted to say "oh i hurt so bad, Stacey's not here right now, wah wah wah!" I'm using it in an essay about balance for my Modern Familiar Essay class.