Character Quote by James Hilton

“Virtue lies in moderation”

— Aristotle

“Moderation has no creative force; the balance is sterile. Excess is not avoided, it is administered.”

— Horacio Marchand Flores

“Virtue becomes unhealthy if it is not softened by some misdemeanours, and faith quickly becomes cruel if it is not subdued by certain doubts.”

— Amin Maalouf

“Virtue simply involves regulating your actions, words, and thoughts to create benefits rather than harms for yourself and others.”

— Rick Hanson

“A life lived in equal excess is one of moderation.”

— Anonymous

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

— Henry A. Kissinger

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and…

— Benjamin Disraeli

“I've come to believe that virtue isn’t a condition of character. It’s an elected action. It’s a choice we keep making, over and over,…

— Rhoda Janzen

“For 'activity in conformity with virtue' involves virtue.”

— Aristotle

“Virtue is a subordination of the passions to the intellect. It is to act in accordance with your highest convictions. It does not consist…

— Robert Ingersoll

“Virtue is too passive, too narrow. Virtue can motivate individuals, but for groups, societies, a whole civilisation, it’s a weak force. Nations are never…

— Ian McEwan

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero