Quotes About Moderation

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

Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and never take above half his strength, nor ride him till he is weary, but a little at a time and often.

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.

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.

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.

Is it thy head is weak—thy judgment I mean? watch thyself, and come not among those that drink no wine but that which thy weak parts cannot bear —seraphic notions and high-flown opinions—and do not think thyself much wronged to be forbidden their cup.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and endure very much

The common-place critic . . . believes that truth lies in the middle, between the extremes of right and wrong.

and what if I did drink too much? Whose business is that? Who knows how much I didn't drink?

He breakfasted on bloody marys and beer and drank Wild Turkey and Chivas by the tumbler, but he was rarely shit-faced.

Moderation is based on the idea that things do not fit neatly together. Politics is likely to be a competition between legitimate opposing interests. Philosophy is likely to be a tension between competing half truths. A personality is likely to be a battleground of valuable but incompatible traits.

Every virtue can come with its own accompanying vice. The virtue of reticence can yield the vice of aloofness.

or cheaper.

It's good business to provide a good work/life balance by never overloading your teams.

If you don't really want to overdose on whipped cream, do not order a hot chocolate Viennois.

David Foster Wallace: Now, if I don't develop some machinery for being able to turn off pure unalloyed pleasure, and allow myself to go out and, you know, grocery shop and pay the rent? I don't know about you, but I'm gonna have to leave the

David Foster Wallace: Now, if I don't develop some machinery for being able to turn off pure unalloyed pleasure, and allow myself to go out and, you know, grocery shop and pay the rent? I don't know about you, but I'm gonna have to leave the planet.

I don't think I've ever stepped into a gym - they won't let me smoke there. I just thank God Miller Lite isn't as fattening as most beers. If I cut back on beer, though, I'd look anorexic.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

Abstinence is approved of God.

Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.

God made us to consume food. He did not make food to consume us.

I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things.