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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.»
Author: Barry Goldwater
(Politician, Senator)
| Keywords:
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«I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hand of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; -- but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest -- I will not equivocate -- I will not excuse -- I will not retreat a single inch -- AND I WILL BE HEARD.»
Author: William Lloyd Garrison
(Abolitionist, Activist, Journalist)
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«A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.»
«Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
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«The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.»
«The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
(Novelist, Prime Minister)
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«To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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«Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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Excess,
Funny,
Moderation,
Success
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«The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
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«Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| About:
Moderation
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