Quotes about abstinence

"Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."

Augustine, St. on abstinence
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"Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity."

Barney, Natalie Clifford on abstinence
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"With renunciation life begins."

Barr, Amelia E. on abstinence
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"Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure."

Bierce, Ambrose on abstinence
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"The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up."

Day, Dorothy on abstinence
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"Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature ."

Dickens, Charles on abstinence
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"Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly."

Eliot, George on abstinence   

"All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain."

Epictetus on abstinence
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"Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water."

Fields, W. C. on abstinence
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"Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket."

Greeley, Horace on abstinence   

"Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one."

Penn, William on abstinence   

"The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor."

Temple, Sir William on abstinence
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"Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity."

Wilde, Oscar on abstinence
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