(317 quotes found)
“Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.”
Anne Sexton
“Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.”
Jean Paul Richter
“Only actions give life its strength, as only moderation gives it its charm”
“The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation”
Alexander Hamilton
“Moderation in all things”
Terence
“Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.”
William Somerset Maugham
“Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and temperance prevents from indulging to excess”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Moderate profits fill the purse.”
Italian Proverb
