See also: Alcohol; Drink; Drunkenness<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Touch not; taste not; handle not.<\/p>\n
The Bible, Colossians 2:21 kjv<\/i><\/p>\n
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.<\/p>\n
The Bible, 1 Peter 2:11<\/i><\/p>\n
Total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.<\/p>\n
Augustine of Hippo<\/i><\/p>\n
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.<\/p>\n
Ambrose Bierce<\/i><\/p>\n
If you say, \u201cWould there were no wine\u201d because of the drunkards, then you must say, going on by degrees, \u201cWould there were no steel,\u201d because of the murderers, \u201cWould there were no night,\u201d because of the thieves, \u201cWould there were no light,\u201d because of the informers, and \u201cWould there were no women,\u201d because of adultery.<\/p>\n
John Chrysostom<\/i><\/p>\n
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.<\/p>\n
Epictetus<\/i><\/p>\n
Abstinence without charity is useless.<\/p>\n
Gildas<\/i><\/p>\n
An individual Christian may see fit to give up all sorts of things for special reasons \u2013 marriage, or meat, or beer, or cinema; but the moment he starts saying the things are bad in themselves, or looking down his nose at other people who do use them, he has taken the wrong turning.<\/p>\n
C.S. Lewis<\/i><\/p>\n
Abstinence by itself is not holiness, but if it be discreet it helps us to be holy.<\/p>\n
Richard Rolle<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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