Quotes Tagged With :temperance

I wish I could see a cherry blossom or a lotus flower. Where could they be?

The first draught serveth for health the second for pleasure the third for shame and the fourth for....

Health consists with temperance alone.

Drinking water neither makes a man sick nor in debt nor his wife a widow.

Virtues are formed by prayer.Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions....

I have heard that, with some persons, temperance – that is, moderation – is almost impossible; and....

With Truth, Reason, and Morality off the board, we then capture their last Rook —that prissy little....

The smaller the drink the clearer the head and the cooler the blood.

Thus Epicurus also, when he designs to destroy the natural fellowship of mankind, at the same time makes....

The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once,....