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I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going read more
I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
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
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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.
Reborn, Sappho
wears monks' saffron.
Reborn, Sappho
wears monks' saffron.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
"meat produced under current factory farming conditions
(which transgress Jewish prohibitions against cruelty to animals) render the eating of such read more
"meat produced under current factory farming conditions
(which transgress Jewish prohibitions against cruelty to animals) render the eating of such meat, halachically unacceptable (i.e. unacceptable in terms of
Jewish law.)"