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Alfred Tennyson1 quote
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,
These three alone lead life to sovereign power. — Alfred Tennyson · 1832Benjamin Franklin1 quote
‘Tis easier to suppress the first Desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1751Charles Dickens1 quote
Subdue your appetites my dears, and you've conquered human nature. — Charles Dickens · 1838David Foster Wallace1 quote
The mind is an excellent servant but a terrible master. — David Foster Wallace · 2005Edmund Burke1 quote
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. — Edmund Burke · 1791St. Augustine1 quote
Give me chastity and continency—but not yet! — St. Augustine · 398