"TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink,……" — Ambrose Bierce

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• A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. — Ambrose Bierce
• Still, a prince should make himself feared in such a way that if he does not gain love, he at… — Niccolo Machiavelli
• I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher,… — Ludwig Feuerbach
• He who abstains from anything animate ... will be much more careful not to injure those of his own species.… — Porphyry
• He who has mastery over his incensive power has mastery also over the demons. But anyone who is a slave… — Evagrius Ponticus
• Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right. If a wish wander that… — William Cowper
• Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to… — Ludwig von Mises
• Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. — George Eliot
• From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains. — Francois Rabelais
• The Reverend grinned, his fangs flashing. "You know, I've heard this rumor… about a member of the Brotherhood who's celibate.… — J R Ward
• If the large power voluntarily abstains from using its full power or feels the strategic situation to be such that… — Elliot Richardson

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