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Temperance is reason's girdle and passion's bridle, the strength of the soul and the foundation of virtue.

Jeremy Taylor
Passion, Soul, Foundation
Thomas Smart Hughes, Thomas Sherlock, Jeremy Taylor (1837). “Summaries of the sermons and discourses of Sherlock and Jeremy Taylor”, p.306
Temperance is reason's girdle and passion's bridle, the strength of the soul and the foundation of virtue.