All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
Epictetus

All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.
James F. Cooper

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

I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pretext of simplicity.
John Nelson Darby

I'm pro responsible choice. You know, there is choice to abstain, choice to do contraception. There are all kinds of good choices.
Sharron Angle

In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved prize that has been awarded to me. Do not meet my voluntary refusal with ill will.
Boris Pasternak

It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain.
Amos Oz

Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from food so the treatment is longer than drugs and alcohol.
Carre Otis

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
Abraham Cahan

These people abstain, it is true: but the bitch Sensuality glares enviously out of all they do.
Friedrich Nietzsche

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
Saint Augustine

When you doubt, abstain.
Ambrose Bierce