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Moderation Quotes

"A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced, the imagination is agreeably stirred, the wits become more nimble. A bottle produces a contrary effect. Excess causes a comatose insensibility. So it is with war, and the quality of both is best discovered by sipping."

"The more you have, the more you want"

"A man may be so much of everything, that he is nothing of anything"

"To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity"

"You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough"

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open "

"A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety"

"There's an inverse relationship between how good something is for you, and how much fun it is"

"Moderation multiplies pleasures and increases pleasure."

"That no free government or the blessing of liberty can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice moderation temperance frugality and virtue and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles"

"Of course I'm not a fool. But I'm not a genius either. "

"Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation"

"The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters"

"Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature."

"The bow that is always bent will soon break; and the heart"

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