Quotes about Temperance
Self-denial is not a virtue: it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.
- George Bernard Shaw
Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them be rather confined, and held back within their own banks. An overflowing river quickly gathers mud.
- Ambrose of Milan
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
- St. Augustine
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Man cannot live without joy. That is why one deprived of spiritual joys goes over to carnal pleasures.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.
- Samuel Johnson
Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.
- Samuel Johnson
It is absolutely impossible at the same time to be a man of understanding and not to be ashamed to gratify the body.
- Clement of Alexandria
There is no such thing as observing a mean in excess or deficiency, nor as exceeding or falling short in observance of a mean.
- Aristotle
But in all cases we must guard most carefully against what is pleasant, and pleasure itself, because we are not impartial judges of it.
- Aristotle
To feel or act towards the right person to the right extent at the right time for the right reason in the right way - is not easy, and it is not everyone that can do it, hence to do these things well is a rare, laudable and fine achievement.
- Aristotle
Patience, my friend, patience! You will find in time that it has everything to do with it.
- Arthur Conan Doyle