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Abstain Quotes by Epictetus
- All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
- So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have…
More Abstain Quotes
- To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. — Saint Augustine
- When you doubt, abstain. — Ambrose Bierce
- A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. — Ambrose Bierce
- And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper justification and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so… — Carre Otis
- Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not… — George Washington
- "Judge not, that ye be not judge"... is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one gives to… — Ayn Rand