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Letter "M" » Moderation
«A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.»
«I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like this, is a sort of treason»
«Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.»
«Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
(Novelist, Prime Minister)
| About:
Moderation,
Virtue
| Keywords:
console, undistinguished
«Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
(Novelist, Prime Minister)
| About:
Moderation
| Keywords:
philosophies, The Center, wherein
«Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance»
«Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Excess,
Funny,
Moderation,
Success
| Keywords:
excess, fatal, is a, like, moderation, nothing, succeeds, thing, with moderation
«Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| About:
Moderation
| Keywords:
acquaintance, foundation, importance, indifference, moderation, proceed, proportioned, prudent, well-proportioned, with moderation, zeal
«Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Moderation
| Keywords:
commonly, firmness, moderation
«Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice»
Author: Thomas Paine
(Writer)
| About:
Moderation,
Virtue
| Keywords:
in principle, moderation, temper, vice
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