#refrain

When a man has a gift in speaking the truth, brute aggression is no longer his security blanket for approval. He, on the contrary, spends most of his energy trying to tone it down because his very nature is already offensive enough. ↗

— Criss Jami

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That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval. ↗

— Bainbridge Colby

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Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

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The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner. ↗

— Margaret Halsey

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Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain. ↗

— Horace

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You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough. ↗

— E. W. Howe

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Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women. ↗

— Erica Jong

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When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

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Refrain at all times from such Foods as cannot be procured without violence and oppression. ↗

— Thomas Tryon

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Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall never give one myself, and I have observed that many of my colleagues who do give such courses refrain from exemplifying their methods by writing anything. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

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