Both Uses of
temperance
in
Antony and Cleopatra
- I found you as a morsel cold upon Dead Caesar's trencher; nay, you were a fragment Of Cneius Pompey's; besides what hotter hours, Unregist'red in vulgar fame, you have Luxuriously pick'd out:—for I am sure, Though you can guess what temperance should be, You know not what it is.†
Scene 3.13
- O, temperance, lady!†
Scene 5.2 *
Definition:
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(temperance) not drinking alcohol because it is thought to be harmful
or:
moderation (not doing something excessively) -- such as not eating or drinking too much