Moderation Quotes

26 quotations about Moderation
It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.
Aristotle · Moderation
It's best to rise from life like a banquet, neither thirsty or drunken.
Aristotle · Moderation
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
St. Augustine · Moderation
There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.
John Ciardi · Moderation
The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
Marcus T. Cicero · Moderation
My God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!
Robert Clive · Moderation
Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe · Moderation
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
Horace · Moderation
There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.
Vera Johnson · Moderation
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
Henry Kissinger · Moderation
Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld · Moderation
Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld · Moderation
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.
Klemens Von Metternich · Moderation
Keep a mid course between two extremes.
Ovid · Moderation
You will go most safely in the middle.
Ovid · Moderation
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine · Moderation
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.
Blaise Pascal · Moderation
Only action gives life strength, only moderation gives it charm.
Jean Paul · Moderation
Let not turn fun to mischief.
Proverb · Moderation
Moderate profits fill the purse.
Italian Proverb · Moderation
He who drinks a glass a day shall live to die another way.
Stanlicus · Moderation
Everything in moderation -- including moderation.
Harvey Steiman · Moderation
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus · Moderation
Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.
Mark Twain · Moderation
Even moderation ought not to be practiced to excess.
Source Unknown · Moderation

Authors on Moderation

Aristotle St. Augustine John Ciardi Marcus T. Cicero Robert Clive Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Horace Italian Proverb Vera Johnson Henry Kissinger Francois De La Rochefoucauld Klemens Von Metternich Ovid Thomas Paine Blaise Pascal Jean Paul Proverb Stanlicus Harvey Steiman Publius Cornelius Tacitus