Anne Sexton
Poet, Author
"Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance."
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Moderation
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Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"I smoke in moderation. Only one cigar at a time."
Democritus
Philosopher
"Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains."
Mark Twain
Writer, Humorist
"Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Writer
"Moderation is an ostentatious proof of our strength of character."
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"Be moderate in all things, including moderation."
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"Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure."
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"All extremes are dangerous."
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"When you are frustrated and do not know a way out, only flexibility and moderation towards difficulties will save you."
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"Moderation in all things - including moderation."
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"All things in moderation, including moderation."
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"If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please."
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"Moderation in all things."
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"By moderation one can be generous."
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"Unlimited activity, of whatever kind, must end in bankruptcy."
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"For me, temperance is essential to good work."
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"Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven."
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"There is moderation even in excess."
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"The true master lives in truth, in goodness and restraint, non-violence, moderation, and purity."
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"Moderation is the key so I work certain amout of time and then I take a certain amount of time off."
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"If you are willing to reflect on the courage and moderation of other people, you will find them strange."
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"The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation."
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"If you will take me as your teacher, you will not kick against the pricks."
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"To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity."
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"Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all."
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