moderation Quotes

Good character traits come from regular practice. We become fair by doing fair things, moderate by doing moderate things, and brave by doing brave things.

To be angry is easy. But to be angry with the right man at the right time and in the right manner, that is not easy.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

For the more limited, if adequate, is always preferable.

Again, it is possible to fail in many ways (for evil belongs to the class of the unlimited and good to that of the limited), while to succeed is possible only in one way (for which reason also one is... ...

Error is multiform (for evil is a form of the unlimited, as in the old Pythagorean imagery, and good of the limited), whereas success is possible in one way only (which is why it is easy to fail and difficult... ...

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.

Moderation is the right balance when it comes to pleasures.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not... ...