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I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the po... by Alan Bennett

I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain.

Alan Bennett
refrain character mean
If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate... by Andre Gide

If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.

Andre Gide
young-writers refrain writing
When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refr... by Augustus William Hare

When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refrain from evil-hearing.

Augustus William Hare
refrain hearing evil

Well, thanks for not shooting anyone, I guess", said Marcus. "My contribution was to somehow refrain from peeing myself. You can thank me later.

Dan Wells
refrain thanks shooting
There's an old blues refrain: I begged for water, you gave me gas... by Forrest Gander

There's an old blues refrain: I begged for water, you gave me gasoline.

Forrest Gander
refrain gasoline water

One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings.

Gautama Buddha
refrain buddhist defeat

Eva [Braun] also cried when [Adolf Hitler] would leave her for long periods. She was inconsolable without him, that was a never-changing refrain.

Gretl Braun
refrain periods long
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue. by Horace

The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.

Horace
refrain virtue sin
Refrain from throwing your bicycle in public. It shows poor upbri... by Jacquie Phelan

Refrain from throwing your bicycle in public. It shows poor upbringing

Jacquie Phelan
riding-a-bicycle refrain poor
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which... by Jean de La Fontaine

Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.

Jean de La Fontaine
refrain moderation ears
Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come... by John Heywood

Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.

John Heywood
refrain pleasure
Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
renounce refrain temptation

What is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for some, and similarly, to refrain from proscribing for all lives what is unlivable for some.

Judith Butler
refrain cease important
We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. by Lawrence Lessig

We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us.

Lawrence Lessig
refrain trying past
Freedom is about stopping the past. by Lawrence Lessig

Freedom is about stopping the past.

Lawrence Lessig
refrain stopping past
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. by Marcus Aurelius

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Marcus Aurelius
refrain imitation revenge

I cannot refrain from saying that women must come to recognize there is some function of womanhood other than being a child-bearing machine.

Margaret Sanger
refrain machines children

That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!

Marcus Tullius Cicero
refrain gang favour
Generosity knows how to count, but refrains. by Mason Cooley

Generosity knows how to count, but refrains.

Mason Cooley
refrain generosity know-how

The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it.

Mitch Daniels
disgusted refrain rewards
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