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"Give me chastity and continence, but not yet."
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"Worry - a God, invisible but omnipotent. It steals the bloom from the cheek and lightness from the pulse; it takes away the appetite, and turns the hair gray."

"It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man."

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

"There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation."

"Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending."

"The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice."

"The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not."

"Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin."

"You know, as long as you do everything in moderation, you don't go overboard, you don't, you know, turn your lips into guppy lips - I mean, a little zip or a little zap, that is not a big deal."
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"And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to them, or are so stubborn and contentious that they refuse to give in even if they do understand."


"We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain."


"Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others."


"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe."
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