“The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Actually a line from Martin Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy.
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“Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure.”
Freeman (1948), p. 163
Variant: Moderation increases enjoyment, and makes pleasure even greater.
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