A Quote by Samuel Johnson

Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.

Samuel Johnson

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Abstinence Difficult Easy Me Temperance Would Would Be

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Samuel Johnson
English - Writer
September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

Abstinence is the surety of temperance.

Plato

Abstinence is easier than temperance.

Seneca the Younger

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.

Robert E. Lee

I'm tied of hearing about temperance instead of abstinence, in order to please the cocktail crowd in church congregations.

Vance Havner

The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.

Seneca the Younger

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

Frances E. Willard

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

Mark Twain

I do find it easy to write songs about heartbreak; it comes really naturally to me. It was a little bit more difficult for me to break my mould and tackle different subjects. You know what it's like because you're a writer. You don't want to tread on the same territory. Writing about the personal stuff was a little difficult because I'd worry about who would read it and who would be offended by it.

Marissa Nadler

I'm against abstinence programs because I really consider "abstinence only" child abuse.

Joycelyn Elders

I think that for me as a person, it's very easy for me to hear, 'It's too difficult.' Or, 'You're not easy to cast.' And, 'You're not beautiful,' and this and that.

Melanie Lynskey

Total abstinence is so excellent a thing that it cannot be carried to too great an extent. In my passion for it I even carry it so far as to totally abstain from total abstinence itself.

Mark Twain

When I started to sing, my mother would have me engaged to perform at the Women's Christian Temperance Union national or annual meetings. I would hate doing this because I wanted to play baseball or go off skiing.

Maureen Forrester

Abstinence, being faithful and correct and consistent condom use are the only ways to successfully reach everyone when discussing HIV prevention. I believe that the abstinence message alone does not solve the AIDS epidemic.

Ashley Judd

A new study found that students who are taught abstinence end up with better math scores. Of course, if you join the math team, the abstinence takes care of itself.

Jimmy Fallon

It is easy to be a slave to the letter, and difficult to enter into the spirit; easy to obey a number of outward rules, difficult to enter intelligently and self-sacrificingly into the will of God.