[tag=TO | lemma=commander] [word=abstain] [□=□]?
[tag=TO | lemma=commander] [word=abstain] [word=□]?
[tag=TO | lemma=commander] [word=abstain] [tag=□]?
So too is it with the virtues ; by abstaining from pleasures we become temperate , and it is when we have become so that we are most able to abstain from them ; and similarly too in the case of courage ; for by being habituated to despise things that are terrible and to stand our ground against them we become brave , and it is when we have become so that we shall be most able to stand our ground against them . As , therefore , we must beware of capital sins before communicating , so , also , from the more uncertain defects and diseases of a languid soul , it is necessary for us to abstain and to be cleansed before going to that which is a conjunction with true peace and a joining with eternal salvation " . And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence , unless in necessary self-defence ; and I recommend to them that , in all cases when allowed , they labor faithfully for reasonable wages . For we ought to abstain not from gainsaying or questioning only , but even from speaking or thinking of it at all , and to become like that lifeless matter , which followeth the potter 's hands , and lets itself be drawn about anywhere he may please . " To which Hasdrubal replied : " I want you to go as our ambassador to the Roman commander , and to undertake for us that we will obey every injunction ; only I beg of you both to abstain from harming this wretched city . The day after my conversion I went into the hay-field to lend a hand with the harvest , and not having made any promise to God to abstain or drink in moderation only , I took too much and came home drunk . If China were to abstain on , or even better approve , a sanctions resolution vote incorporating phases one and two as outlined above , it would bolster any sanctions effort . Surely , included within this imperative is to abstain from poisoning our faith in Western democratic institutions , which , while flawed and guilty in many respects , do not deserve the calumny poured upon them in many recent Holocaust histories .