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"Abstinence is whereby a man refraineth from any thyng which he may lawfully take."
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TemperanceImpostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, — Temperance
"Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance."
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"Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor his wife a widow."
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"These names of virtues, with their precepts, were: 1. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation."
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"Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before Mayst rule it, as thou list: and pour the shame, Which it would pour on thee, upon the floor. It is most just to throw that on the ground, Which would throw me there, if I keep the round."
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"If all the world Should in a pet of temprance, feed on pulse, Drink the clear stream, and nothing wear but frieze, Th All-giver would be unthankd, would be unpraisd."
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"Well observe The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eatst and drinkst."
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