Character Quote by Joseph Hall Download Open image “Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.” — Joseph Hall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Moderation Running Virtue
Moderation is represented as a virtue in order to restrain the ambition of great men, and to console those of a meaner condition in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly draw upon… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
You don’t know the meaning of moderation, do you, my darling? A happy medium is something I wonder if you’ll ever learn. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work — Barbara Taylor Bradford Copy Share Image
Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.... — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was. — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
And, if I were so low that I accounted myself the worst of all, yet some would account themselves in worse case. — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings. — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy. — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
I account this body nothing but a close prison to my soul; and the earth a larger prison to my body. I may not… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Satan would seem to be mannerly and reasonable; making as if he would be content with one-half of the heart, whereas God challengeth all… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Mark in what order: first, our calling; then, our election; not beginning with our election first. By our calling, arguing our election. — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Fools measure actions, after they are done, by the event; wise men beforehand, by the rules of reason and right. The former look to… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Earthly greatness is a nice thing, and requires so much chariness in the managing, as the contentment of it cannot requite. — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
