"All Things" OR "All GOOD things in moderation"?

[KurtNYC]

I got into a discussion over the holiday about bastardized versions of sayings. I think the most commonly misquoted saying is:

The lust for money is the root of all evil

which is usually quoted as simply "Money is the root of all evil."

So I came in this morning and tried to research this one: All good things in moderation. What I found was Google shows 13,700 incidences of "All things in moderation" and only 401 for the 'good things' version.

My problem is that "All things in moderation" isn't true. "All good things in moderation" is a warning. Too much of a good thing often isn't good.

But when you throw the floodgates open and say "all things..." -- Aren't we then recommending to each other that we ingest any of the following, albeit, in moderation: trans fat, acrylamide, arsenic, PCP, oxycontin, heroin, spoiled fish, mercury, lead, etc. (Yes I'm being literal but that is necessary to see the difference between the two versions.)

By a score of 13,700 to 401, our mindless consumerist society says that money is evil so just go spend it on any kind of poison that doesn't kill you immediately.

Does this lack of precision bother anyone else?

[northamericancitizen]

1. You make it very complicated...

My father use to say: "Everything we like(love) is either costly, sinfull or bad for our health".

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. people constantly tell me i think too much

apparantly you do too...this is a good thing!

while this imprecision doesnt bother me...i could see why it would bother someone who had thought about it.