#abstinence

The few bad poems which occasionally are created during abstinence are of no great interest. ↗

— Wilhelm Reich

#bad #created #during #few #great

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason. ↗

— Robert South

#clearer #great #reason

Dude, you don't want to be dead. Take it from me. No-pussy is bad. But dead is like no-pussy times ten. ↗

— Junot Díaz

#death #death

I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#always #any #early #either #except

Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

#afterwards #better #help #seeking #sins

A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty. ↗

— Henry Home

#body #cannot #enjoy #exercise #ingredients

How is it that mankind can engineer condoms to prevent pregnancy and STDs and not be able to invent some sort of emotional safeguard? Is it even possible to abstain from falling in love? ↗

— Daria Snadowsky

#falling-in-love #std #love

There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them. This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#abstinence #condoms #deal #deaths #deny

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. ↗

— Frances E. Willard

#foul #good #moderation #temperance #things

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#complete #easier #moderation #perfect #than