Moderation
Moderation is the process of eliminating or lessening extremes. It is used to ensure normality throughout the medium on which it is being conducted. Common uses of moderation include:
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Famous quotes containing the word moderation:
“The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things that have raised them so high.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (16131680)
“Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.”
—Edmund Burke (17291797)
“Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.”
—Klemens Wenzel Neponuk Lothar Von, Prince Metternich (17731859)
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