Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
Abstainer: A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. -- Ambrose Bierce | |
A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" | |
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact. -- George Eliot |