"The whole duty of man is embraced in……" — Seneca the Younger
"The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity."
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… — 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