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Quotes about Abstinence


Refrain to-night,
And that shall lend a kind of easiness
To the next abstinence: the next more easy;
For use almost can change the stamp of nature.

William Shakespeare

Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.

Samuel Johnson

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

St. Augustine

Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.

Danish Proverb

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

William Temple

Against diseases here the strongest fence, Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.

Robert Herrick

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

St. Augustine

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

Frances E. Willard

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

St. Augustine

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

St. Augustine

Abstinence is whereby a man refraineth from any thyng which he may lawfully take.

Sir Thomas Elyot

Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.

Samuel Johnson

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