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Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Quote by Thomas Paine about virtue, principle, vice

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.

Quote by Thomas Paine about virtue, principle, vice, good, good luck, things

Everything in moderation... including moderation.

Quote by Julie Child about opinion

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

Quote by Aristotel about justice, virtue, wisdom

America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about force, police, people

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about abstinence, perfection

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about abstinence, perfection

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about excess

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about habits, virtue, reason, nature, mind

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

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about people, man

Back to the U.S. - they have a problem with historical emptiness. Those who support moderation could strangle those who stand for direct attack.

Quote by Mick Jagger about attack

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.

Quote by Joseph Joubert about grace, beauty, feelings

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

Quote by Molière about wisdom, insults, patience, man