To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence, which on…

Samuel Johnson
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To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence, which one of the Fathers observes to be not a virtue, but the groundwork of virtue. ✨ The Idler: With Additional Essays.
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