proverb · Words worth keeping
Abstinence is good medicine.
Abstinence is good medicine.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Abstinence described as medicine gives refraining from something a restorative value. The saying leaves the object of abstinence unspecified.
What the words are saying
A responsible reading cannot turn the line into a medical recommendation or assume which practice it addresses. A qualified editorial application can concern choosing not to continue an unhelpful habit. Particular health, dietary or treatment decisions are not settled by this sentence.
Everyday example
Someone steps back from an optional activity that has been crowding out their responsibilities.
When to use it
Use it only as a qualified restraint image.
What it does not mean
No clinical benefit, specified abstinence or treatment advice is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
India
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin.- Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 374; PDF page 37; collection label: India
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- India