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I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going read more
I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
Abstinence is easier than temperance
Abstinence is easier than temperance
To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.
To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.
Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted
is a more agreeable favor.
[Lat., read more
A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted
is a more agreeable favor.
[Lat., Gratia, quae tarda est, ingrata est: gratia namque
Cum fieri properat, gratia grata magis.]
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.
