Quotes About Temperance

a philosopher's] own virtues, their courage, temperance, and the rest of them, every one of which praiseworthy qualities . . . destroys and distracts . . . the soul which is the possessor of them . . . He is like a plant which, when properly nurtured, must necessarily grow and mature into all virtue, but, if sown and planted in an alien soil, becomes the most noxious of all weeds.

After a moment's pause, in which he made a real manly effort to think, he said: My opinion is, Socrates, that temperance makes a man ashamed or modest, and that temperance is the same as modesty. Very good, I said; and did you not admit, just now, that temperance is noble?

Of old the saying, "Nothing too much," appeared to be, and really was, well said. For he whose happiness rests with himself, if possible, wholly, and if not, as far as is possible,—who is not hanging in suspense on other men, or changing with the vicissitude of their fortune,—has his life ordered for the best.

Cuando se trata de los negocios que corresponden puramente a la política, como la política versa siempre sobre la justicia y la templanza, entonces escuchan a todo el mundo y con razón, porque todos están obligados a tener estas virtudes, pues que de otra manera no hay sociedad.

Temperance, which they nickname Unmanliness...

Then not he who does evil, but he who does good, is temperate? Yes, he said; and you, friend, would agree. No matter whether I should or not; just now, not what I think, but what you are saying, is the point at issue. Well, he answered; I mean to say, that he who does evil, and not good, is not temperate; and that he is temperate who does good, and not evil: for temperance I define in plain words to be the doing of good actions.

But still—well, we mustn't get too groovy.

The true test of a man's spirituality is not his ability to speak, as we are apt to think, but rather his ability to bridle his tongue.

LE PASSIONI MODERATE, PRODUCONO UOMINI MEDIOCRI...

Anybody who knows me knows that I'm no attack dog.

I don't drink.

I don't drink at all.

I don't drink no more.

I just don't drink alcohol. I never have; I never will.

Anyone who knows me knows that I am not much of a drinker.

I'm not a huge drinker.

I'm not usually a drinker.

Drinking makes people go out of control.

I don't like drinking, basically.

I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.

I'm kind of a low-tempered kind of guy, so I ease my way one game at a time.

I'm not much of an eater.

There's a difference between having an edge and being stupid.

Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be!