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:: Famous Quotations Topic: Abstinence (13 Quotations)
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. ~ St. Augustine
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. ~ Natalie Clifford Barney
With renunciation life begins. ~ Amelia E. Barr
Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. ~ Ambrose Bierce
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up. ~ Dorothy Day
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . ~ Charles Dickens
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. ~ George Eliot
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. ~ Epictetus
Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. ~ W. C. Fields
Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket. ~ Horace Greeley
Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one. ~ William Penn
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. ~ Sir William Temple
Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. ~ Oscar Wilde
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