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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON ABSTINENCE
Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914, American author, editor, journalist, "The Devil's Dictionary")
With renunciation life begins.
Amelia E. Barr (1831-1919, Anglo-American novelist)
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
Dorothy Day (1897-1980, American religious leader)
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .
Charles Dickens (1812-1870, British novelist)
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.
George Eliot (1819-1880, British novelist)
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
Epictetus (50-138, Phrygian philosopher)
Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
W. C. Fields (1879-1946, American actor)
Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.
Horace Greeley (1811-1872, American newspaper editor)
Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.
William Penn (1644-1718, British religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania)
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
St. Augustine (354-430, Numidian-born bishop of Hippo, theologian)
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 (1628-1699, British diplomat, essayist)
Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
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