Temperate Quotes

59 quotes by 49 authors

If you have wit, use it to please and not to hurt: you may shine like the sun in the temperate zones without scorching. — Lord Chesterfield
Be prudent, diligent, temperate and discreet. Remember that every human being has a claim upon your kind offices. — Albert Pike
There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and avoids… — Socrates
Gentelmen heve ever been more temperate in their religion than common people, as having more reason. — John Selden
Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people. — William Lyon Mackenzie King
The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped… — Virginia Woolf
I henceforth tread the world, chaste, temperate, an early riser, a steady grower. — Walt Whitman
Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you… — Benjamin Franklin
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely… — Mao Zedong
There are intellectual vagabonds, to whom the hereditary dwelling-place of their fathers seems too cramped and oppressive for them to be willing to satisfy themselves… — Max Stirner
The real trouble is that 'kindness' is a quality fatally easy to attribute to ourselves on quite inadequate grounds. Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens… — C.S. Lewis
New England waters are some of my favorite - they are some of the richest waters because they are temperate waters and nutrient-rich, and therefore… — Brian Skerry
We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. — Aristotle
TOPE, v. To tipple, booze, swill, soak, guzzle, lush, bib, or swig. In the individual, toping is regarded with disesteem, but toping nations are in… — Ambrose Bierce
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And… — William Shakespear
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by… — Aristotle
There's no opponents, can't temperate she and I we're just a part of one of those secrets societies. — Benny Benassi
Those who eat too much or eat too little, who sleep too much or sleep too little, will not succeed in meditation. But those who… — Bhagavad Gita
Plant growing in temperate climates. The beautiful flower panicles that appear for several months emit a sweet honey fragrance that will be a favorite of… — Alan Summers

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