Sentence examples for man of moderation from inspiring English sources

He denigrated Rousseau in a letter to D'Alembert in such foul terms that D'Alembert destroyed the letters and replied, with others, urgently counselling the man of moderation to remain moderate.

Now he is the person on whom white hopes rest, the man of moderation and authority".

Seth Mandell, who is a man of moderation, does not consider Froman his rabbi.

He has been and remains, by all accounts, a man of moderation and some modesty.

Harley was a Tory, but a man of moderation who seems to have won, and not merely purchased, Defoe's allegiance.

Though not the "man of moderation" eulogized by his biographer, he had shown himself a brave and resourceful leader of the church in Africa.

Dictators aren't moved by the claims of justice unarmed; aggressors aren't intimidated by diplomacy absent the credible threat of force; fanatics aren't deterred by the disapproval of men of moderation or refinement.

Frankly, I have a soft spot for the de facto Saudi ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah, who is a man of decency and moderation.

He was a man of courage, decency, moderation and vision – characteristics which should and usually do mark the nation he helped to found.

The Syrian ambassador to London, Sami Khiyami, speaks very soothingly on television, knows to call Jeremy Paxman Jeremyy" at every opportunity, and comes across as a man of wisdom and moderation.

Both sources portray Atticus as a man endowed with gifts of moderation and diplomacy; he managed to maintain relationships with the major political figures of the time, from Gaius Marius to Octavian (the future Augustus), without ever actually participating in the rough-and-tumble of Roman politics.