Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Oscar Wilde
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It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.
Roberto Benigni
Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm.
Jean Paul Richter
The supply of folklore remedies for hangover is virtually limitless. The best way to contend with hangover is not to get one, by practicing abstinence or moderation.
David L. Katz
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
Francois Fenelon
The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.
John Arbuthnot Fisher
My God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!
Robert Clive
GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.
Ambrose Bierce
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
Henry Kissinger
Moderation is the secret of survival.
Manly Hall
We are seeing a market that has experienced extraordinary rates of growth. We are seeing those rates moderate. That pace of moderation has been slightly greater than we expected.
Richard Segal
A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
Otto von Bismarck
We expect the combination of a U.S. growth moderation and the lagged impacts of a strong Canadian dollar on factory employment to do a lot of the work in engineering that cooling in Canadian hiring, leaving the Bank of Canada with only another 50 basis points in rate hikes.
Avery Shenfeld
You can eat whatever you want in moderation, and that's what everyone has gotten away from. Do you want it, or do you need it?
Lora Cunningham
We believe the stock's sell-off is attributed to the moderation of top-line growth at MPS due to its focus on margins, and a lower than expected first quarter outlook from a competitor.
James Janesky
This was not really unique in the 1970s. Over the years, as moderation became the big thing, the little bottles fell out of favor.
Tom Sponseller
The rule really is everything in moderation.
Sandra Ford
Just wait until we rewrite the moderation system. It's going to be sexy.
Jeff Bates
We can eat anything in moderation, as long as there's also regular, consistent exercise. To have lasting weight loss, one must include regular exercise with healthy eating in a way that can be continued forever.
Angie Stewart
We wouldn't be surprised to see some moderation in earnings growth. But then we see few airlines in our region making healthy profits with oil prices at these levels.
Peter Negline
Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.
Cornelius Tacitus
I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.
Mark Twain
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
Mark Twain
I have changed my ministers, but I have not changed my measures; I am still for moderation and will govern by it.
Princess Anne
Moderation is what will lead to success.
Sunny Robinson
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Donald Trump
Investor scrutiny of executive compensation continues to heighten, although it has not led to a moderation in pay.
Margaret Whelan
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
W. Somerset Maugham
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.
Klemens Von Metternich
Total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Saint Augustine
There's no evidence not to drink in moderation, but we are not ready to be advocating this either.
Robert Adams
Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.
Anne Sexton
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
St. Augustine
Today's jobs number would support the idea of a soft landing, or at least moderation in growth.
Andrew Busch
Temperament, conviviality, moderation and the ability to get along with your colleagues are as important as ideology, ... was able to achieve unanimity on the most important decisions of his era simply by encouraging his fellow justices to live in the same boarding house, and discussing cases over glasses of Madeira.
Jeffrey Rosen
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.
Democritus
I'm delighted to hear that there's some moderation in the rate of growth, and I hope we can sustain that.
David Ward
There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.
John Ciardi
If I say more coffee is better, then I would have to tell you to spread it out to keep the levels of antioxidants up, ... We always talk about moderation in anything.
Joe Vinson
There is an awful lot of crap on TV, but it's not the devil incarnate. Actually, certain shows, watched in moderation, can be beneficial.
Richard Milich
In the long term, though, I think the moderation of growth that we'll witness in 2001 will be a mostly healthy thing.
Jack Guynn
There's been slight moderation, but that's just minor movement at a very high level. It's like a high-flying airplane coming down a little bit. You're still flying pretty high.
Mark Knold
A meal plan means controlled portions with all foods in moderation. It means you can have a 'treat' but you have to fit it in.
Susan Streitz
Sugar in moderation has a place in a healthful lifestyle. We don't advocate overconsumption.
Charles Baker
If your buyer is limited in terms of what they can buy, will prices continue to increase at the pace of the last few years? Not really. You will see a moderation in some markets.
Stephen Ladue
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Barry Goldwater
We get really hung up on the details of diet. Like how much protein should I eat, how much of this should I eat. It's the clutter that blocks the basic message. Eat smaller portions. Eat in moderation.
John Hastings
Nothing In Moderation.
Ernie Kovacs
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