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"Abstinent" Quotes from Famous Books

... fellow. He had sworn that he would maintain his manner of abstinent living till he fell in love with a girl who loved him in return. Then they ...

— Tramping on Life - An Autobiographical Narrative • Harry Kemp

... sway us; if in our own will, that; if in externals, these. If, therefore, I rest my personality in the will, then only shall I be a friend, a son, or a father, such as I ought. For in that case it will be for my interest to preserve the faithful, the modest, the patient, the abstinent, the beneficent character; to keep the relations of life inviolate. But if I place my personality in one thing, and virtue in another, the doctrine of Epicurus will stand its ground, that virtue ...

— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece • Various

... snuff-takers were reduced to their last pinch. Borrowing and begging from all the neighbors within reach were resorted to, but this soon failed, and all were alike reduced to the extremity which unwillingly abstinent snuffers alone know. The minister of the parish was amongst the unhappy number; the craving was so intense, that study was out of the question. As a last resort, the beadle was despatched through the snow, to a neighboring ...

— The Jest Book - The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings • Mark Lemon

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