Temperance Quotes...

“There are no better cosmetics than...temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.” - Arthur Helps

“The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.” - Seneca

"Temperance puts wood on the fire, meal in the barrel, flour in the tub, money in the purse, credit in the country, contentment in the house, clothes on the back, and vigor in the body." - Benjamin Franklin

"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." - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

"Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains. - Democritus"

“Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private; fortitude, the principle of not flying danger, but meeting it; and temperance , the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.” - Plato

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