Abstinence Quote by Aristippus

Indulge yourself in pleasures only in so far as they are necessary for the preservation of health.

— Baruch Spinoza

Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.

— Juvenal

Pleasure is in itself a good; nay, even setting aside immunity from pain, the only good.

— Jeremy Bentham

But it's hard for a man to give up all his pleasures, even when they don't pleasure him no more.

— Stephen King

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

— Ovid

To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them.

— Voltaire

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

— Saint Augustine

Food is the supremest of pleasures.

— Fay Weldon

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Mistake not. Those pleasures are not pleasures that trouble the quiet and tranquillity of thy life.

— Jeremy Taylor

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.

— John Lubbock

The sacrifice of pleasures is of course itself a pleasure.

— Muriel Spark