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Abstinence Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will…
- To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence, which if not a virtue, is the groundwork of a virtue.
- Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.
More Abstinence Quotes
- Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. — Saint Augustine
- Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total… — Samuel Butler
- I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had… — Giacomo Casanova
- Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex. — Kurt Angle
- My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous… — Robert E. Lee
- If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. — Albert Einstein
- Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. — Frances E. Willard
- When I finally embraced abstinence it was because of the simple urge to work a longer day. Thus, without joining Alcoholics Anonymous,… — Clive James