Moderate Quotes

256 quotes by 214 authors

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest. — Xunzi
The rich man never really gives anything, he only distributes part of the surplus. It is the person of moderate means who really gives. — George Eastman
The slogan of the moderate Republican Party is this: we are rich, and we are not going to take it any more. — Richard Neal
In the name of Our Lord, Monsieur, do all you can to regain your health and take good care of it so that you can… — Vincent de Paul
You must moderate yourself according to your strength. When you have done all that you can to see that no Christian is perverted, you must… — Vincent de Paul
Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would… — Kurt Vonnegut
Fiscally Iâ€™m very conservative â€¦ others say that Iâ€™m socially moderate, — Brian Sandoval
A moderately honest man with a moderately faithful wife, moderate drinkers both, in a moderately healthy house: that is the true middle class unit. — George Bernard Shaw
That planet has a considerable but moderate atmosphere. So that the inhabitants probably enjoy a situation in many respects similar to ours. — William Herschel
The discovery of a grey hair when you are brushing out your whiskers of a morningâ€”first fallen flake of the coming snows of ageâ€”is a… — Alexander Smith
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments. — Baron de Montesquieu
All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate. — Michel de Montaigne
We can be satisfied with moderate confidence in ourselves and with a moderately good opinion of ourselves, but the faith we have in a holy… — Eric Hoffer
Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property. — Aristotle
Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more… — Baruch Spinoza
My philosophy is as simple as ever - smoking, drinking, moderate sexual intercourse on a diminishing scale, reading and writing (not arithmetic). I have a… — Noel Coward
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe… — Margot Asquith
Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls. — Euripides
I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or… — Mary Wortley Montagu
I would like Obama to be tougher on going up against the Republicans, I don't think he should try to be so moderate. — Rose McGowan

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