A Quote by Harry Vardon

Moderation is essential in all things, madam, but never in my life have I failed to beat a teetotaller.

Harry Vardon

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Harry Vardon
English - Athlete
May 9, 1870 - March 20, 1937

Moderation in all things. And even moderation in moderation. Don't get too much moderation, you know?

Maya Angelou

You are hard at work madam ," said the man near her. Yes," Answered Madam Defarge ; " I have a good deal to do." What do you make, Madam ?" Many things." For instance ---" For instance," returned Madam Defarge , composedly , Shrouds." The man moved a little further away, as soon as he could, feeling it mightily close and oppressive .

Charles Dickens

I'm only a beer teetotaller, not a champagne teetotaller.

George Bernard Shaw

I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I've picked myself up and gone on.

Sharon Stone

Moderation is the only rule of a healthful life. This means moderation in all things wholesome.

Herbert M. Shelton

Keep to the middle if you wish to keep moderation. The mid way is the safe way. Moderation abides in the mean, and moderation is virtue. Every abiding place outside the bounds of moderation is only exile to the wise man.

Saint Bernard

Sometimes I get to put on posh frocks and be Madam Glamour, the vendor of my wares. My lovely friend Kath, a stylist, puts me into things I'd never dream of. But my real life is very different. It's very, very home-based - an intense domestic life, that's the core of everything.

Emma Thompson

I failed eating, failed drinking, failed not cutting myself into shreds. Failed friendship. Failed sisterhood and daughterhood. Failed mirrors and scales and phone calls. Good thing I'm stable.

Laurie Halse Anderson

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

Donald Trump

I'm a believer in moderation in all things, including moderation.

Robert Genn

You should never employ your intellect but only that it is not essential to exercise it in order to live a humane life. Language permeates all of life, of course, and one's mind is essential to it, but that does not mean intellectuality should transcend all of life.

Talal Asad

This is what I think is very essential... moderation can be good for you.

Robert Mondavi

All things in moderation, including moderation.

Socrates

Moderation in all things - including moderation.

Benjamin Franklin

Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.