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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell h

Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present. – William Lloyd Garrison

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Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance. – Epicurus

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Out of moderation a pure happiness springs. – Johann von Goethe

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Its best to rise from life like a banquet, neither thirsty or drunken. – Aristotle

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Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes. – Klemens Von Metternich

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