Complete abstinence is easier than perfect
moderation.
-- St. Augustine
354-430, Numidian-born
Bishop of Hippo, Theologian
Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
-- Natalie Clifford
Barney
1876-1972,
American-born French Author
With
renunciation life begins.
-- Amelia E. Barr
1831-1919,
Anglo-American Novelist
Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation
of denying himself a pleasure.
-- Ambrose Bierce
1842-1914, American
Author, Editor, Journalist, ''The Devil's
Dictionary''