<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Moderation - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to rise from life as from a banquet--neither thirsty nor drunken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42890]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to rise from life as from a banquet--neither thirsty nor drunken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing: nothing succeeds like excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing: nothing succeeds like excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42881]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42884]]></link><description><![CDATA[The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is moderation even in excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42885]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is moderation even in excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42887]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like this, is a sort of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42873]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like this, is a sort of treason]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42875]]></link><description><![CDATA[To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going beyond is as bad as falling short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going beyond is as bad as falling short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42879]]></link><description><![CDATA[To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42880]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do, do it in moderation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, do it in moderation]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14443</guid></item></channel></rss>