Moderation
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If moderation is a fault then indifference is a crime
Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all
The too constant use even of good things is hurtful
Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful
The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess
That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this - that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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