Abstains Quotes

The true smoker abstains from imitating Vesuvius. — Auguste-Marseille Barthelemy

A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. — Ambrose Bierce

TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally. — Ambrose Bierce

Who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself? — Anthony Trollope

If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame. — Thomas Aquinas

From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains. — Francois Rabelais

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact. — George Eliot