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Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. -- Bierce, Ambrose | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Bierce, Ambrose at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket. -- Greeley, Horace | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Greeley, Horace at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. -- Epictetus | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Epictetus at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one. -- Penn, William | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Penn, William at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. -- Augustine, St. | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Augustine, St. at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. -- Fields, W. C. | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Fields, W. C. at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. -- Barney, Natalie Clifford | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Barney, Natalie Clifford at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. -- Eliot, George | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Eliot, George at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. -- Wilde, Oscar | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Wilde, Oscar at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . -- Dickens, Charles | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Dickens, Charles at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up. -- Day, Dorothy | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Day, Dorothy at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. -- Temple, Sir William | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Temple, Sir William at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com With renunciation life begins. -- Barr, Amelia E. | Abstinence Send to friend | View Books by Barr, Amelia E. at Amazon.com | Books about Abstinence at Amazon.com Quote: 1-13 of 13 Pages: 1 of 1 View all quotes