GEMS OF THOUGHT
TEMPERATENESS. The temperate are the most truly luxurious. By abstaining from most things, it is surprising how many things we enjoy.—W. Gilmore Simms. The golden rule of life is moderation in all things.—Terence. It is certainly a very important lesson, to learn, how to enjoy ordinary things, and to be able to relish your being, without the transport of some passion, or the gratification of some appetite. —Steele. Be temperate in thought, word, and deed. Meekness and temperance are the jewels of Love, set in wisdom. — Mary Baker Eddy. Temperance is the firm and moderate dominion of reason over passion and other unrighteous impulses of the mind. —(Cicero.
Moderate desires constitute a character fitted to acquire all the good which the world can yield. —Timothy Dwight.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 September 1941, Page 8
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