An aphorism is nothing else but the slightest
QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON RESTRAINT
Restraint and discipline and examples of virtue and justice; these are the things that form the education of the world.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797, British political writer, statesman)
My God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!
Robert Clive
There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948, Indian political, spiritual leader)
Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.
Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913, British statesman, banker, naturalist)
It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.
John Ruskin (1819-1900, British critic, social theorist)
Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue.
Marcus Annaeus Seneca (BC 3-65 AD, Roman philosopher, dramatist, statesman)
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