Moderation Quotes

I never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.

Too much faith is the worst ally. When you believe in something literally, through your faith you'll...

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, h...

O dear Pan and all the other gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my ex...

In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men.

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue b...

Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to s...

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Whatever possession we gain by our sword cannot be sure or lasting, but the love gained by kindness ...

How many ills, how many infirmities, does man owe to his excesses, his ambition – in a word, to the ...

I have heard that, with some persons, temperance – that is, moderation – is almost impossible; and i...

Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet neither thirsty nor drunken.

One can with but moderate possessions do what one ought.

Moderation is based on the idea that things do not fit neatly together. Politics is likely to be a c...

The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on ...

Fasting may not be as easy as feasting, but after a while it is not too different. Both are extremes...

Both sleep and insomnolency, when immoderate, are bad.

Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm.