Quotes with moderation

  • A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
  • America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
  • We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage.

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  • Otto von Bismarck A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
    Otto von Bismarck
    German statesman and prime minister (1815 - 1898)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne After mature deliberation of counsel, the good Queen to establish a rule and immutable example unto all posterity, for the moderation and required modesty in a lawful marriage, ordained the number of six times a day as a lawful, necessary and competent limit.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • François Fénelon Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
    François Fénelon
    French writer and archbishop (1651 - 1715)
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  • Thomas Paine 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.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Lord George Byron America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Klemens Von Metternich Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.
    Klemens Von Metternich
    Austrian diplomat and statesman (1773 - 1859)
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  • Tacitus Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
    Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Oscar Wilde Everything in moderation, including moderation.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bobby Flay For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food.
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • Joseph Joubert 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.
    Joseph Joubert
    French writer (1754 - 1824)
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  • Barry Goldwater I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.
    Barry Goldwater
    American politician, businessman, and author (1909 - 1998)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Tallulah Bankhead Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, ''I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.''
    Tallulah Bankhead
    American actress (1902 - 1968)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli 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.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Thomas Paine Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Oscar Wilde Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Henry Kissinger Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
    Henry Kissinger
    American politician (1923 - 2023)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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