best quotations about
Abstinence |
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Quotations
 | Give me chastity and continence, but not right now. — Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher 5 likes |
 | Years of secret suffering had taught me superhuman self-control. — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 5 likes |
 | If we conquer our passions, it is more from their weakness than from our strength. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 5 likes |
 | The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more. — Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist 4 likes |
 | Abstainer, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 4 likes |
| In order to enjoy life, we should not enjoy it too much. — Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer 2 likes |
| Virtues, n. pl. Certain abstentions. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 2 likes |
 | What kind of favour is it to abstain from doing evil? — Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman 2 likes |
 | Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. |
 | It is more glorious to overcome oneself than to overcome others. |
 | I have so strong a sense of creation, of tomorrow, that I cannot get drunk, knowing I will be less alive, less well, less creative the next day. |
Ancient Greek
 | No one is free if he cannot subdue himself. Ουδείς ελεύθερος εαυτού μη κρατών. — Epictetus, 50-120 AD, Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher 9 likes |
 | So, we must refrain from the penis. Αφεκτέα τοίνυν εστίν ημίν του πέους. — Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Lysistrata 8 likes |
 | Avoid a pleasure which brings sorrow. Ηδονήν φεύγε, ήτις λύπην τίκτει. — Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher 4 likes |
 | The continent man is not he who avoids pleasure, but having tasted it, is not carried to excess. Κρατεί ηδονής ουχ’ ο απεχόμενος, αλλ’ ο χρώμενος μεν, μη προεκφερόμενος δε. — Aristippus, 435-355 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 4 likes |
| Have patience and abstinence. Ανέχου και απέχου. — Epictetus, 50-120 AD, Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher 4 likes |
 | Abstain from beans. Κυάμων απέχεσθαι. — Pythagoras, 580-490 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher (meaning: Abstain from politics) |
