Quotes About Temperance

In the third section, you proceed to turn us into modest and peace-loving Epicureans.

Penny had little patience for a man who poured

In all men is evil sleeping; the good man is he who will not awaken it, in himself or in other men.

The way the Stoics put all of this into practice is by means of the four cardinal virtues: practical wisdom, the ability to navigate complex situations, especially morally salient ones, in the best way possible; courage, of the moral kind, as in the courage to stand up and do the right thing; justice, meaning treating others as worthy of the respect and dignity that comes with being fellow humans; and temperance, responding to situations in just measure, without excess or defect.

Two of the four Stoic virtues are pertinent to regulating desire: courage (to face facts and act accordingly) and temperance (to rein in our desires and make them commensurate with what is achievable).

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. There is a power and a beauty in unproved conjectures, unkissed lips, and unpicked flowers.

Just because you can, it doesn't mean you should. There is a power and a beauty in unproved conjectures, unkissed lips, and unpicked flowers.

He that is in haste may contract much guilt in a little time. What we say or do unadvisedly when we are hot, we must unsay or undo again when we are cool, or do worse.

is no breach of the law of meekness to show our displeasure at the wickedness of the wicked.

Passion ought to be tempered with restraint.

A little spoon for a cup of soup teaches to be patient; and the big one, to be greedy!

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Fire and idealism may be fine qualities for the leader of a revolution, but the leader of a great republic needs to be several degrees cooler and a good deal more canny.

FROM BIRTH, PARENTS MUST ASSUME CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN. During the early years, we certainly do not want to destroy the child's natural drives, but we must constrain him to exercise temperance and self-control.

being quick to anger sure ain't a fruit of the Spirit.

Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise

Only through freely chosen discipline can life be enjoyed, and still kept within the bounds of reason. If a person learns to control his instinctual desires, not because he has to, but because he wants to, he can enjoy himself without becoming addicted. A

Saat olla kiihkeä ja tulinen, mutta kiihkosi ja tulesi on valauduttava kiinteään, vakuuttavasti taiteelliseen muotoon, muuten se merkitsee vain sohimista. Harkinnan ja rauhan alta kuultava kiihkeys tekee voimakkaamman vaikutuksen kuin holtiton tunteittensa purkaminen

It was always better to say less.

The Bible said that a wise person must rein in his tongue. Not everything you wanted to say should be said.

The cardinal virtues are self-control, moderation, kindness, generosity, justice, and truthfulness tempered by discretion

CLEANTE. Spoke like a true young man. Now just calm down, And moderate your towering tantrums, will you? We live in such an age, with such a king, That violence can not advance our cause.

Cover that bosom that I must not see: souls are wounded by such things.