Quotes of Continence - somelinesforyou

“ We're about moderation. ”

- Jenny Craig

“ You have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love. ”

- Saint Augustine

“ Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. ”

- Saint Augustine

“ Whatever you do, do it in moderation. ”

- Unknown

“ There is moderation even in excess. ”

- Benjamin Disraeli

“ Everything in moderation — including moderation. ”

- Harvey Steiman

“ Everything in Moderation. ”

- Plato

“ There is moderation in everything. ”

- Horace

“ Moderation in all things. ”

- Terence

“ What wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear without the knowledge of evil? He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian. ”

- John Milton
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