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Letter "T" » temperate
«A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.»
Author: Mao Zedong
| Keywords:
courteous, dinner party, embroidery, essay, Essays, insurrection, insurrections, insurrection of, leisurely, magnanimous, overthrows, picture writing, refined, restrained, temperate, the insurrection
«And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.»
«But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: / That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.»
«For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; / But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; / Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.»
Author: Bible
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«Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Health
| Keywords:
temperate
«A temperate Diet frees from Diseases; such are seldom ill, but if they are surprised with Sickness, they bear it better, and recover sooner; for most Distempers have their Original from Repletion.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
diet, diseases, distemper, distempered, distempers, frees, recover, repletion, sickness, temperate
«Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the be»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
frugal, General will, industrious, in general, profession, sober, studious, temperate, The Be, virtuous
«Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Bravery,
Habit,
Morality
| Keywords:
moral excellence, temperate
«Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Action,
Actors and acting,
Personality,
Philosophy
| Keywords:
performing, temperate
«In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.»
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