Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
I am always shocked that there are still a handful of defenders of the dubious practice of abstinence, surely the worst idea since chocolate-covered ants.
Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice, than persons who live in crowded society.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.
Vices are usually pleasurable, at least for the time being, and often do not disclose themselves as vices, by their effects, until after they have been practised for many years; perhaps for a lifetime.
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