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Definition
not drinking alcohol because it is thought to be harmful
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moderation (not doing something excessively) — such as not eating or drinking too much
or:
moderation (not doing something excessively) — such as not eating or drinking too much
- ...is fitted to some station or other; and that Providence never intended to make the management of public affairs a mystery to be comprehended only by a few persons of sublime genius, of which there seldom are three born in an age: but they suppose truth, justice, temperance, and the like, to be in every man's power; the practice of which virtues, assisted by experience and a good intention, would qualify any man for the service of his country, except where a course of study is required.Part 1 — A Voyage to Lilliput (67% in)
- Temperance, industry, exercise, and cleanliness, are the lessons equally enjoined to the young ones of both sexes: and my master thought it monstrous in us, to give the females a different kind of education from the males, except in some articles of domestic management; whereby, as he truly observed, one half of our natives were good for nothing but bringing children into the world; and to trust the care of our children to such useless animals, he said, was yet a greater instance of...Part 4 — A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnms (63% in)
- But, instead of proposals for conquering that magnanimous nation, I rather wish they were in a capacity, or disposition, to send a sufficient number of their inhabitants for civilizing Europe, by teaching us the first principles of honour, justice, truth, temperance, public spirit, fortitude, chastity, friendship, benevolence, and fidelity.Part 4 — A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnms (96% in)
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