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| Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. | Ambrose Bierce | 1842-1914, American Author, Editor, Journalist, ''The Devil's Dictionary'' |
| With renunciation life begins. | Amelia E. Barr | 1831-1919, Anglo-American Novelist |
| Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . | Charles Dickens | 1812-1870, British Novelist |
| The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up. | Dorothy Day | 1897-1980, American Religious Leader |
| All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. | Epictetus | 50-120, Stoic Philosopher |
| Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total ABSTINENCE from the things that are foul. | Frances E. Willard | |
| Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. | George Eliot | 1819-1880, British Novelist |
| Abstaining is favourable both to the head and the pocket. | Horace Greeley | 1811-1872, American Newspaper Editor |
| Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. | Natalie Clifford Barney | 1876-1972, American-born French Author |
| Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. | Oscar Wilde | 1856-1900, British Author, Wit |
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| 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 | 1807-1870, American Confederate Army Commander |
| Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total ABSTINENCE. | Samuel Butler | 1612-1680, British Poet, Satirist |
| Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use ABSTINENCE. | Samuel Johnson | 1709-1784, British Author |
| The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and ABSTINENCE, to live as if he were poor. | Sir William Temple | 1628-1699, British Diplomat, Essayist |
| And must I wholly banish hence these red and golden juices, and pay my vows to ABSTINENCE, that pallidest of Muses? | Sir William Watson | 1858-1935, British Poet |
| Complete ABSTINENCE is easier than perfect moderation. | St. Augustine | 354-430, Numidian-born Bishop of Hippo, Theologian |
| To many, total ABSTINENCE is easier than perfect moderation. | St. Augustine | 354-430, Numidian-born Bishop of Hippo, Theologian |
| I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of ABSTINENCE, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations. | Vance Havner | |
| Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. | W. C. Fields | 1879-1946, American Actor |
| Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one. | William Penn | 1644-1718, British Religious Leader, Founder of Pennsylvania |
