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Therefore is not by any to be enterprized, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly, to satisfy men's carnal lusts and appetites, like brute beasts that have no understanding; but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God.
— Solemnization of Marriage, Exhortation.
But that disease when soberly definedIs the false fire of an o'erheated mind.
william cowper— Line 667; of fanaticism.
Naturally, grown-up citizens are concerned about the beatniks and delinquents. ... The question is why the grownups do not, more soberly, draw the same conclusions as the youth. Or, since no doubt many people are quite clear about the connection that the structure of society that has becoming increasingly dominant in our country is disastrous to the growth of excellence and manliness, why don’t more people speak up and say so?
paul goodman— p. x (Growing Up Absurd (1956))
Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
Francis Bacon— p. 521. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.
— Socrates.
Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.
— Socrates; in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 411-12.
