Jim Harrison
Novelist, Poet
"The reason to moderate is to avoid having to quit."
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Moderates
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Seneca the Elder
Philosopher, Statesman
"You can end love more easily than you can moderate it."
Abraham Lincoln
Political Leader
"I am a moderate walker, however I never stroll back."
Carolyn McCarthy
Politician
"I'm considered a new Democrat, which would be considered moderate."
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"In success be moderate."
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"When I go out to eat, it's usually something moderate in style."
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"All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate."
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