Abstain Quotes
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I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
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To have merit to abstain from a fault, is a manner to be guilty.
Marguerite Yourcenar
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Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.
Michael Douglas
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Boys should abstain from all use of wine until their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add fire to fire.
Plato
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Abstain from animals.
Pythagoras
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I abstain from any kind of release for six weeks before a fight, no self-pleasure, nothing. Even in my dreams, I'll be about to have sex with a beautiful girl and I'll say, 'Sorry darling, I'm fighting in a few weeks.' That's control, bro, when you're turning down a hot chick in your subconscious.
David Haye