Moderation Quotes

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Moliere

Best, Patience, Wise

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.
Mark Twain

Care, Others, Smoking

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
Mark Twain

Hurt, Cannot, Water

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Oscar Wilde

Nothing, Excess, Fatal

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
Plato

Happiness, Men, Best

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Aristotle

Wisdom, Justice, Virtue

I realized, 'Yo, I can't do anything in moderation. I don't know how.'
Eminem

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry Goldwater

Justice, Liberty, Virtue

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine

Good, Temper, Virtue

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine

Temper, Virtue, Principle

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.
Alexander Hamilton

Men, Once, Sword

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Saint Augustine

Perfect, Complete, Abstinence

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry Goldwater

Justice, Liberty, Virtue

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
Epictetus

Greatest, Please, Cease

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Great, Heart, Shows

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
Benjamin Disraeli

Human, Both, Meet

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
W. Somerset Maugham

Effect, Habit, Excess

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
Benjamin Disraeli

Great, Men, Ambition

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.
Edmund Burke

Heart, Minds, Nor

Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Soul, Ambition, Activity

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Saint Augustine

Perfect, Total, Abstinence

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nature, Mind, Reason

The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Good, Calm, Temper

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
Henry A. Kissinger

Thought, Virtue

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Donald Trump

Life, Good, Exactly

There is moderation even in excess.
Benjamin Disraeli

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
Benjamin Disraeli

Life, Lie, Within

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
Lord Byron

Freedom, America, Force

I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Robert Mondavi

Good, Living, Wine

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