#moderation

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

— Oscar Wilde

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When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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There has been a tendency through the years for reason and moderation to prevail as long as things are going tolerably well or as long as our problems seem clear and finite and manageable. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to get some fruit in there. ↗

— Martina McBride

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We're about moderation. ↗

— Jenny Craig

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Moderation of oil prices would be very, very welcome. But overall I think we are in a position of stable growth, sustainable growth, and basically with inflation in check. ↗

— John W. Snow

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I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at. ↗

— Jenny Eclair

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IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

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Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry ↗

— Christopher Paolini

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