"Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation."

Augustine, St. on Abstinence
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"Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity."

Barney, Natalie Clifford on Abstinence
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"With renunciation life begins."

Barr, Amelia E. on Abstinence
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"Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure."

Bierce, Ambrose on Abstinence
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"The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up."

Day, Dorothy on Abstinence
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"Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature ."

Dickens, Charles on Abstinence
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"Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly."

Eliot, George on Abstinence
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"All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain."

Epictetus on Abstinence
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"Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water."

Fields, W. C. on Abstinence
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"Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket."

Greeley, Horace on Abstinence
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"Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one."

Penn, William on Abstinence
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"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 on Abstinence
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"Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity."

Wilde, Oscar on Abstinence
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