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Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
Abstinence is the surety of temperance
Abstinence is the surety of temperance
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
We all know there is blood in meat
(USDA hearings in Senate Ag committee).
We all know there is blood in meat
(USDA hearings in Senate Ag committee).
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he read more
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always read more
He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge
Reborn, Sappho
wears monks' saffron.
Reborn, Sappho
wears monks' saffron.
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
