From a worldly point of view there is no mistake so great as that of being always right. – Samuel Butler, Note-Books, 1912 Category: Moderation
All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. – George Harrison Category: Moderation
Our moral theorists seem never content with the normal. Why must it always be a contest between fornication, obesity and laziness, and celibacy, fasting and hard labor? – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) Category: Moderation
I durst not laugh for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad air. – William Shakespeare Category: Pollution
If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a pair of cats. – Aldous Huxley Category: Cats
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time. – George Orwell Category: Virtue
