Full Idea
In some people temperance is not a virtue, but is rather connected with timidity or with a grudging attitude to the acceptance of good things.
Gist of Idea
Temperance is not a virtue if it results from timidity or excessive puritanism
Source
Philippa Foot (Virtues and Vices [1978], III)
Book Reference
Foot,Philippa: 'Virtues and Vices' [Blackwell 1981], p.18
A Reaction
Timidity seems right. The grudging attitude may result from some larger doubts about pleasure, which could be plausible.