"If you asked twenty good men to-day what……" — C.S. Lewis

"If you asked twenty good men to-day what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you asked almost any of the great Christians of old he would have replied, Love - You see what has happened? A negative term has been substituted for a positive, and this is of more than philological importance. The negative ideal of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others, but of going without them ourselves, as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point."

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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… — Samuel Butler
I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I… — 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… — Robert E. Lee
The law itself exhibits justice and teaches wisdom by abstinence from sensible images and by calling out to the Maker… — Clement of Alexandria
Abstinence-only education - the best STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) and pregnancy delivery system that politicians have ever devised. — Rachel Maddow
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… — Clive James
Against diseases here the strongest fence is the defensive vertue, Abstinence. — Robert Herrick
It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion… — James Madison

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