Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
My God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!
Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm.
Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.
Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present.
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.
Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.
That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this — that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.
There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
You will go most safely in the middle.
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