A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Thomas Paine in The Rights of Man (1792)
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The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune.
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I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
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IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle.
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This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you.
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
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Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound.
I've always wanted to improve on the idea of living well, In moderation, wine is good for you - mentally, physically, and spiritually.
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Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
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Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.
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