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Moderation: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Such a house broke! So noble a master fallen! All gone! and not One friend to take his fortune by the arm, And go along with him.— Shakespeare — Timon of Athens. Act IV. Sc. 2. L.5.

The worst is not So long as we can say "This is the worst."— Shakespeare — King Lear. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 29.

We have seen better days.— Shakespeare — Timon of Athens. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 27.

From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.— SPENSER — The Shepherd's Calendar. Feb. L. 12.

Misfortune had conquered her, how true it is, that sooner or later the most rebellious must bow beneath the same yoke.— MADAME DE STAËL — Corinne. Bk. XVII. Ch. II

So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore!— WHITTIER — Ichabod.

Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged.— S. WORDSWORTH — The Excursion. Bk. III

Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes; They love a train, they tread each other's heel.— YOUNG — Night Thoughts. Night III. L. 63.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl-chain of all virtues.— FULLER — Holy and Profane States. Bk. III. Of Moderation. See

also BISHOP HALL-Christian Moderation. Introduction. The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.— LA ROCHEFOUCAULD — Maxims. No. 18.

Take this at least, this last advice, my son: Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on: The coursers of themselves will run too fast, Your art must be to moderate their haste.— OVID — Metamorphoses. Story of Phaeton Bk. II. L. 147. Addison's trans.

He knows to live who keeps the middle state, And neither leans on this side nor on that.— POPE — BK. II. Satire II. L. 61.

Be moderate, be moderate. Why tell you me of moderation? The grief is fine, full, perfect, that I taste, And violenteth in a sense as strong As that which causeth it: how can I moderate it?— Shakespeare — Troilus and Cressida. Act IV. Sc. 4. L. 1.

There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundless, And the choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.— TUPPER — Proverbial Philosophy. Of Compensation. L. 15.

Auream quisquis mediocritatem deligit tutus caret obsoleti sordibus tecti, caret invidenda sobrius aula. Who loves the golden mean is safe from the poverty of a tenement, is free from the envy of a palace.— HORACE — Carmina. II. 10. 5.

Modus omnibus in rebus, soror, optimum est habitu; Nimia omnia nimium exhibent negotium hominibus ex se. In everything the middle course is best: all things in excess bring trouble to men.— PLAUTUS — Pœnulus. I. 2. 29.

Modica voluptas laxat animos et temperat. Moderate pleasure relaxes the spirit, and moderates it.— SENECA — De Ira. II. 20.

Bonarum rerum consuetudo pessima est. The too constant use even of good things is hurtful.— SYRUS — Maxims.

Juste milieu. The just medium.