Character Quote by Jeremy Taylor

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

— Thomas Aquinas

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passions

— St Thomas Aquinas

Temperance is a bridle of gold; he, who uses it rightly, is more like a god than a man.

— Robert A. Burton

Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him…

— Saint Augustine

Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body.

— Theodore Parker

Temperance, in the nobler sense, does not mean a subdued and imperfect energy; it does not mean a stopping short in any good thing,…

— John Ruskin

Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced.

— C. A. Bartol

That cardinal virtue, temperance.

— Edmund Burke

Temperance keeps the senses clear and unembarrassed, and makes them seize the object with more keenness and satisfaction. It appears with life in the…

— Jeremy Collier

I am sure, Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is.

— William Shakespeare

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

— Mark Twain

“The virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude.”

— Francis Bacon