"My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spiritous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health."
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Temperance
Temperance is the practice of moderation. It was one of the four "cardinal" virtues held to be vital to society in Hellenic culture, and considered central to Christian behavior by the Catholic Church and is an important tenet of the moral codes of other world religions—for example, it is one of the Five Precepts of Buddhism.
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