Abstinence Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Abstinence.
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“Sustine et abstine.”
“Ἀνέχου και ἀπέχου.”
“Abstain from all appearance of evil.”
“'Tis virtue to abstain from things that please.”
“Est virtus placitis abstinuisse bonis.”
“I asked of him an evil act, but he proved continent.”
“Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.”
“Variant: To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.”
“Bear and forbear.
• Stoic maxim, attributed by Arrian to Epictetus”
“Self denial is not a virtue: it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.”
“Wikipedia: Abstinence”
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”
“ABSTAINER, n. A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.”
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”
“Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”
“There is a mainstream sex ed and there is right-wing sex ed. But there is no left-wing sex education in America.”
“Those who forswear their wives must wait four months; then, if they change their mind, lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.”
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”