Moderation Quotes

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Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin. — Tacitus
Upon occasion we should go as far as intoxication.... Drink washes cares away, stirs the mind from its lowest depths.... But in liberty moderation is… — Seneca the Younger
To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. — William Wordsworth
The bicycle had, and still has, a humane, almost classical moderation in the kind of pleasure it offers. It is the kind of machine that… — J. B. Jackson
Carefully observe the natural laws in operation in the world around you, and live by them. From following them, you will learn the morality of… — Benjamin Hoff
We may outrun By violent swiftness And lose by over-running. — William Shakespeare
We go all wrong by too strenuous a resolution to go right. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
After mature deliberation of counsel, the good Queen to establish a rule and immutable example unto all posterity, for the moderation and required modesty in… — Michel de Montaigne
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain. — Jean de La Fontaine
Keep a mid course between two extremes. — Unknown Author
We find our energies are actually cramped when we are overanxious to succeed. — Michel de Montaigne
He who makes a paradise of his bread makes a hell of his hunger. — Antonio Porchia
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… — Seneca the Younger
It is only through restraint that man can manage not to suppress himself. — Andre Gide
Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough. — James Russell Lowell
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. — Francois Fenelon
Most safely shall you tread the middle path. — Unknown Author
Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess… — Samuel Johnson
Add anchovies to almost anything, in moderation, and it will taste better. — Jay McInerney
I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation. — W. S. Gilbert

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