Quotes About Temperance

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.

Complete abstention may be much easier than moderation.

at the heart of permaculture lay a gorgeously empathetic view of human nature: people aren't inherently wasteful and greedy, but fall into those patterns because of the temptations of the modern world.

Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse, yet he has left it out of his heaven.

My father taught me a good lesson: Don't get to low when things go wrong. And don't get too high when things are good.

Knock yourself out... Or rather, don't.

As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around.

Indeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents)

Hurry up and learn patience.

Never let a short term desire get in the way of a long term goal.

Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; for in my youth I never did apply hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; and did not, with unbashful forehead, woo the means of weakness and debility; therefore, my age is as a lusty winter, frosty but k.

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

Never pass up an opportunity to keep your mouth shut.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

These can never be true friends: Hope, dice, a prostitute, a robber, a cheat, a goldsmith, a monkey, a doctor, a distiller.

The one who knows when to stop, is free from the dangers of desire, and lives a long and happy life.

Sometimes the better part of valor—and common sense—is saying, "I'll pass.

You make me sick! You are offered meat and you choose a banana-split-with-nuts.

It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.