To abstain that we may enjoy is the epicurianism of reason.

“And that might be applied to him which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those…

— Marcus Aurelius

We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no medicine at all-to abstain-to…

— John Randolph of Roanoke

Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been particularly inclined to abstain…

— Henry David Thoreau

When you are in doubt abstain.

— Zoroaster

The Christian must abstain from sin. It is as simple and direct as that. You have no right to say, 'I am weak, I…

— Martyn

When we are in doubt whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it.

— Zoroaster

When I am giving the relation of a thing, remember to abstain from altering either in the matter or manner of speaking, so much,…

— Jonathan Edwards

We live only to dance. If living were not an essential prerequisite, we would abstain.

— Toni Bentley

I find it easier to abstain than do a little bit of anything. I'm not a 'little bit' kind of dame. I want it…

— Elaine Stritch

In doubt if an action is just, abstain.

— Zoroaster

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

— Epictetus

Make no mistake: Deciding to abstain from the Pledge of Allegiance does communicate something, and therefore, it is a form of speech. It's also…

— Kat Timpf

“THAT you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves, from these you do…

— Lailah Gifty Akita

When you are near I abstain myself,but when you are away I badly miss you sweetheart.

— Pappi Reddy

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

— Saint Augustine