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"Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off" »Henry Miller
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"'We must do something' is the unanimous refrain. 'You begin' is the deadening refrain." »Walter Dwight
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"To refrain from imitation is the best revenge." »Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, "Meditations", book 6.
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"In anger we should refrain both from speech and action." »Pythagoras
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"To err is human to refrain from laughing, humane." »Lane Olinghouse
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"It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake." »Mark Twain
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"There are many fine ideals which are not realisable, and yet we do not refrain from teaching them." »Peretz Smolenskin
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"Intelligence is when you spot a flaw in your boss's reasoning. Wisdom is when you refrain from pointing it out." »James Dent
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"refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved." »Juvenal
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"refrain from doing ill for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds we are all to prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved." »Juvenal
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"To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter." »Aleister Crowley
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"You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters." »Plato
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"To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter." »Aleister Crowley
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"You should respect each other and refrain from disputes you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together." »Buddha
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"Never say anything to hurt anyone. Moreover . . . refrain from double talk, from shrewd and canny remarks that are designed to advance our interests at someone's disadvantage. We are to turn our back upon evil, and in every way possible, do good, help people and bring blessings into their lives." »Norman Vincent Peale
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"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." »Andr Gide
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