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«My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those that are sad.»
«The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others.»
«Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?»
«How to achieve the moral breakdown of the enemy before the war has started -- that is the problem that interests me. Whoever has experienced war at the front will want to refrain from all avoidable bloodshed.»
«If a Man casually exceeds, let him fast the next Meal, and all may be well again, provided it be not too often done; as if he exceed at Dinner, let him refrain a Supper, &c.»
«The generality of men are naturally swayed more by fear than by reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness»
«In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future»
«To refrain from evil and from strong drink and to be always, steadfast in virtue; this is the good luck.»
«Refrain from asking what is going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.»
Author: Horace (Poet) | About: Future | Keywords: grants, refrain, refrained, refraining, refrains
«It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake»

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