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Abstinence is the surety of temperance
Abstinence is the surety of temperance
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.
Abstinence is easier than temperance
Abstinence is easier than temperance
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
Reborn, Sappho
wears monks' saffron.
Reborn, Sappho
wears monks' saffron.
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
"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.)"
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.
If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.
