Continence

Continence is the ability to moderate, restrain and control desire. Quotes By continence the scattered elements of the self are collected and brought back into the unity from which we have slid away into dispersion. Augustine, Confessions, Book 10, Chapter 29 Continence is a branch of temperance, which prevents the diseases, infamy, remorse, and punishment, to which those are exposed, who indulge themselves in unlawful amours. Epicurus, as quoted in Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers (Half-Hours with the Freethinkers) by Charles Bradlaugh, A. Collins, and J. Watts (1877) See also Desire Incontinence Moderation Self-control Self discipline Temperance External links continence Category:Virtues