Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Votes: 6
Thomas PaineModeration is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character.... Votes: 4
Francois de La RochefoucauldModeration is actually the flip side of dieting, that is, imposed deprivation. Votes: 4
Victoria MoranModeration is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. Votes: 4
Joseph HallModeration is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative. Votes: 4
Henry A. KissingerModeration in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit. Votes: 4
Francois de La RochefoucauldThe essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility. Votes: 3
John Fisher, 1st Baron FisherModeration is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet. Votes: 3
Benjamin DisraeliModeration in all things is best, but it's pretty hard to get excited about it. Votes: 3
Mason CooleyModeration is the only rule of a healthful life. This means moderation in all things wholesome. Votes: 3
Herbert M. SheltonEverything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks. Votes: 3
Robert A. HeinleinI prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at. Votes: 3
Jenny EclairModeration is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off. Votes: 3
Jimmy BuffettModeration is the key so I work certain amout of time and then I take a certain amount of time off. Votes: 3
Jimmy BuffettModeration is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast. Votes: 3
Oscar WildeThrow moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains. Votes: 2
DemocritusIf one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please. Votes: 2
EpictetusSo I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance. Votes: 2
Kenneth H. CooperExactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. Votes: 2
Francois FenelonEverything in moderation, and there's a perfect balance in this life if we can find it. Votes: 2
Ryan RobbinsI never smoke to excess - that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time. Votes: 2
Mark TwainProsperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroThe obsession with moderation is the spirit of castrated narrow-mindedness. Votes: 0
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelGood temper and moderation are the characteristics of parliamentary language. Votes: 0
Betty BoothroydLove begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power Votes: 0
B.K.S. IyengarEverything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation. Votes: 0
Seneca the YoungerCandor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin Votes: 0
Publius Cornelius TacitusReligious moderation is the product of secular knowledge and scriptural ignorance. Votes: 0
Sam HarrisA reasonable man needs only to practice moderation to find happiness. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTrue happiness springs from moderation. [Ger., Aus Massigkeit entspringt ein reines Gluck.] Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheGlutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia. Votes: 0
Ambrose BierceSilence is the only language of the realized. Practice moderation in speech. Votes: 0
Sathya Sai BabaWisdom has its excesses, and has no less need of moderation than folly. Votes: 0
Michel de MontaigneIn my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work Votes: 0
Barbara Taylor BradfordBeer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonAny plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes. Votes: 0
Klemens von MetternichThe point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation. Votes: 0
Artie LangeVirtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroThe true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity. Votes: 0
Gautama BuddhaParents who indulge themselves 'in moderation' may have children who indulge themselves to excess. Votes: 0
Richard L. EvansI believe in two concepts: Everything in moderation and break a sweat every day. Votes: 0
Ariana MadixIt goes without saying that moderation and sobriety are of the very essence of vow-taking. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiIt shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroYoung love is wild and outrageous, laughing at moderation and blinding us to common sense. Votes: 0
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. Votes: 0
Alexander HamiltonIs not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain. Votes: 0
Jean de La FontaineThe moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers. Votes: 0
Francois de La RochefoucauldI've been a vegetarian, I've been a Paleo, and now I believe in the everything-in-moderation diet. Votes: 0
Gretchen Bleiler[...] to introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity Votes: 0
Carl von ClausewitzI like to eat right and in moderation, but give myself treats and kind of have everything. Votes: 0
Kate WalshIndeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents) Votes: 0
W. C. FieldsA little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation. Votes: 0
Donald TrumpI shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation. Votes: 0
Baron de MontesquieuGuest blogging is probably the sort of thing that you should be thinking about doing in moderation. Votes: 0
Matt CuttsWe weren't ashamed to enjoy food and alcohol in moderation - why were we so afraid of sex? Votes: 0
Sierra SimoneI have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try. Votes: 0
Pamela AndersonI hope that one of my legacies, and I worked to pass it on, is moderation in politics. Votes: 0
Sam ReedI try to eat well, but I don't deny myself the foods I love. I just eat them in moderation. Votes: 0
Regina KingThe point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation. Votes: 1 Artie Lange
I'm reading a lot of different books, but I always think I have to switch it up a little bit. It's like food - everything in moderation, same with my books, same with my reading. You read books that are good for you and you learn a lot of stuff, then you read 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' which is like candy. Votes: 2 Shay Mitchell