Moderation Quotes

Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.

Samuel Butler

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Joseph Hall

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Henry Kissinger

That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this - that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.

Seneca

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

Seneca

Moderation is a fatal thing ... Nothing succeeds like excess.

Oscar Wilde