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Abstinence Quotes & Sayings

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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. - Saint Augustine of Hippo


If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food. - Leo Tolstoy


Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult. - Samuel Johnson


My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health. - Robert E. Lee


I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult. - Samuel Johnson


The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone; but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman. The power which the strong have over the weak, the magistrate over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly; the forbearing and inoffensive use of all this power and authority, or the total abstinence from it, when the case admits it, will show the gentleman in a plain light. The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He can only forgive; he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which imparts sufficient strength to let the past be put the past. - Robert E. Lee


Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. - Voltaire


To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. [La., Multi quidem facilius se abstinent ut non utantur, quam temperent ut bene utantur] - Saint Augustine of Hippo

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