Quotes About Temperance

Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy.

Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.

All philosophy lies in two words sustain and abstain.

Civilize The Mind, But Make Savage The Body.

Drink wine, drink poetry, drink virtue.

With wine, poetry, or virtue as you choose. But get drunk.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

I think it's a bit excessive.

We become just by performing just actions temperate by performing temperate actions brave by performing brave actions.

Austerity, if I were to define, I'll say, It's YOU.

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

No man has any influence or power for good when angry.

Patience leads to power; but eagerness in greed leads to loss.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

I have always claimed Americans didn't want a drink as bad as they wanted the right to take a drink if they did happen to want one.

This is because the desire for luxuries is not a natural desire. Natural desires, such as a desire for water when we are thirsty, can be satisfied; unnatural desires cannot.12 Therefore, when we find ourselves wanting something, we should pause to ask whether the desire is natural or unnatural, and if it is unnatural, we should think twice about trying to satisfy it.

The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

Abstinence sows sand all overThe ruddy limbs and flaming hair,But Desire gratifiedPlants fruits of life and beauty there.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.

God gives to every man virtue, temper, and understanding.

He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the want that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door.

Put a bridle on thy tongue set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.