enough is as good as a feast

enough is as good as a feast

1. Just the right amount is as good as more than enough: there is no value in excess.

   Synonym: enough is enough

   • 1546, John Heywood, chapter XI, in Julian Sharman, editor, The Proverbs of John Heywood. […], London: George Bell and Sons, […], published 1874, →OCLC, part II, page 173:

     Here is enough, I am satisfied, (sayd he). / Since enough is enough, (sayd I), here may we / With that one word take end good, as may be geast: / For folke say, enough is as good as a feast.

     The spelling has been modernized.