Mark Twain Quotes About Moderation

• I smoke in moderation. Only one cigar at a time.

  Mark Twain

  Smoking, Cigar, Moderation

  Mark Twain (2013). “Great Speeches by Mark Twain”, p.9, Courier Corporation

• As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Marijuana, Smoking

  Mark Twain (2013). “Great Speeches by Mark Twain”, p.95, Courier Corporation

• Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

  Mark Twain

  Hurt, Rain, Food

  Mark Twain (1976). “Mark Twain's Notebooks & Journals, Volume I: (1855-1873)”, p.189, Univ of California Press

• If you must be indiscrete, be discrete in your indiscretion.

  Mark Twain

  Moderation, Discrete, Ifs

• Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

  Mark Twain

  Causes, Moderation, Temperance

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.242, Courier Corporation

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