Quotes About Moderation

It is a happy art to know when one has said enough. I would leave my hearers wishing me to say more rather than give them cause toshow, by their inattention, that I had said too much.

For in a dearth of comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least.

An attitude of only taking what you need was built into the protocols of the Internet itself.

Darren," Paris called me back. "An excessive amount of alcohol is as bad for the young as for the old. If you are wise, you will drink in moderation." "Remember what you told me about wisdom a few years ago, Paris?" I replied. "What?" "You said the only way to get wise was to get experienced." Winking, I rushed out of the Hall

Darren, Paris called me back. An excessive amount of alcohol is as bad for the young as for the old. If you are wise, you will drink in moderation. Remember what you told me about wisdom a few years ago, Paris? I replied. What? You said the only way to get wise was to get experienced. Winking, I rushed out of the Hall and was soon sharing a barrel of ale with a grumpy, orange-haired vampire.

Yo desconfío de un hombre que dice basta cuando le están sirviendo de beber. Pues si ha de tener cuidado de no beber demasiado, esto indica que no es de fiar cuando lo hace

Think too much and you know you are nothing. Think just enough and you know you are small, but important to some. That's the best you can do.

C]ivilians are equally bewildering to the addict. I've watched people drink a glass and a half of wine and push away the rest. What exactly is the point of that?

Selon Chondler, conclut-il, il n'existe qu'une seule vertu : la modération. Encore ne faut-il pas la pratiquer avec excès.

Aren't there parts of ourselves that are just better left unfed?

err on the side of neutrality

The medical attache partakes of neither kif nor distilled spirits, and must unwind without chemical aid.

because the technology is going to get better and better, and it's going to get easier and easier and more and more convenient and more pleasurable to sit alone with images on a screen given to us by people who do not love us but want our money . . that's fine, in low doses, but if it's the basic main staple of your diet, you're going to die. In a very meaningful way, you're going to die.

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Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. *Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as bad as too slow.*

The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. And in the taste destroys the appetite. Therefore, love moderately.

Mark it, nuncle. Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest, Ride more than thou goest, Learn more than thou trowest, Set less than thou throwest, Leave thy drink and thy whore And keep in-a-door, And thou shalt have more Than two tens to a score.

O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! - Cassio (Act II, Scene iii)

Tis no mean happiness to be seated in the mean.

Therefore love moderately: long love doth so; Too swift as tardy as too slow.

An overflow of good converts to bad.

It is no mean happiness...to be seated in the mean

Dolor moderado indica amor; dolor en exceso, pura necedad.

No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but 'tis enough.