sober-mindedness
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The things which American life and manners preach to her are not patience, sober-mindedness, faithfulness, diligence, and honesty, and eagerness for physical enjoyment.
From Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 by Godkin, Edwin Lawrence
Now sober-mindedness invites us to frugality and the acquisition of real advantages; but wealth to extravagance, and it drags us away from sober-mindedness.
From Seekers after God by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)
Wealth is not among the number of good things; extravagance is among the number of evils, sober-mindedness of good things.
From Seekers after God by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)
She was Miss Harriet's young Boston cousin, Helena Vernon, who, half-amused and half-impatient at the unnecessary sober-mindedness of her hostess and of Ashford in general, had set herself to the difficult task of gayety.
From The Queen's Twin and Other Stories by Jewett, Sarah Orne
But from his want of sober-mindedness, we cannot always prove his earnestness in the cause he advocated.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
