“Abstinence engenders maladies.” – William Shakespeare
"Abstinence engenders maladies." – William Shakespeare
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"Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy." – Voltaire
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"And must I wholly banish hence these red and golden juices, and pay my vows to Abstinence, that pallidest of Muses?" – William Watson
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"To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation." – St. Augustine
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"Abstinence is a perversion." – Bill Maher
“Abstinence is a perversion.” – Bill Maher
"You either go to Tibet or seek out the most rigorous of all faiths. With total abstinence and such like." – Lars von Trier
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"Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult." – Samuel Johnson
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"If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food." – Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
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