“Abstain from beans.”
Plutarch
“A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.”
Ambrose Bierce
“TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.”
“The leader should abstain from evil tendencies because they would be showing bad precedence to their followers-which is more harmful. ”
Yajur Veda
“Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.”
Michael Douglas
“Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.”
W. C. Fields
“So there were benefits both for those who were able to abstain altogether … and even among those who did not abstain, they were much less likely to drink heavily.”
Michael Bohn