Quotes on moderation
Everything in moderation, including moderation.
Unknown, Author
From a worldly point of view there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
Butler, Samuel
It is better to rise from life as from a banquet - neither thirsty nor drunken.
Aristotle
Enough is as good as a feast.
Proverb, English
To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self.
Wordsworth, William
Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.
Gorey, Edward
They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.
Shakespeare, William
He who makes a paradise of his bread makes a hell of his hunger.
Porchia, Antonio
Even nectar is poison if taken to excess.
Proverb, Hindu
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
Confucius
Our moral theorists seem never content with the normal. Why must it always be a contest between fornication, obesity and laziness, and celibacy, fasting and hard labor?
Fischer, Martin H.
Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.
Epicurus
We find our energies are actually cramped when we are overanxious to succeed.
Montaigne, Michel de
The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about.
Marquis, Don
No matter what happens... somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.
Barry, Dave
The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe