Quotes by Refrain I lack what the English call character, by which they mean the power to refrain. Alan Bennett refraincharactermean If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so. Andre Gide young-writersrefrainwriting When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refrain from evil-hearing. Augustus William Hare refrainhearingevil 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 refrainthanksshooting There's an old blues refrain: I begged for water, you gave me gasoline. Forrest Gander refraingasolinewater 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 refrainbuddhistdefeat 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 refrainperiodslong The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue. Horace refrainvirtuesin Refrain from throwing your bicycle in public. It shows poor upbringing Jacquie Phelan riding-a-bicyclerefrainpoor Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain. Jean de La Fontaine refrainmoderationears Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain. John Heywood refrainpleasure Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe renouncerefraintemptation 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 refrainceaseimportant We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Lawrence Lessig refraintryingpast Freedom is about stopping the past. Lawrence Lessig refrainstoppingpast To refrain from imitation is the best revenge. Marcus Aurelius refrainimitationrevenge 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 refrainmachineschildren 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 refraingangfavour Generosity knows how to count, but refrains. Mason Cooley refraingenerosityknow-how The public is increasingly disgusted with a steady diet of defamation, and prepared to reward those who refrain from it. Mitch Daniels disgustedrefrainrewards12»
