<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Abstinence - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder for someone else ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder for someone else]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/185]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence is the surety of temperance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence is the surety of temperance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence is easier than temperance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence is easier than temperance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/189]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why have a cake if I can't eat it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why have a cake if I can't eat it?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/192]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd hate to be a teetotaller. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/195]]></link><description><![CDATA[All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["meat produced under current factory farming conditions(which transgress Jewish prohibitions against cruelty to animals) render the eating of such meat, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/198]]></link><description><![CDATA["meat produced under current factory farming conditions(which transgress Jewish prohibitions against cruelty to animals) render the eating of such meat, halachically unacceptable (i.e. unacceptable in terms ofJewish law.)"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every egg represents 32 hours of jail for a chickenkept in a 3 ft by 1 ft cage, debeaked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every egg represents 32 hours of jail for a chickenkept in a 3 ft by 1 ft cage, debeaked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all know there is blood in meat(USDA hearings in Senate Ag committee). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/200]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all know there is blood in meat(USDA hearings in Senate Ag committee).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to talk and to do yogic breathing exercisesat the same time. Kissing, talking, eating, breathing..must drive carefully ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/202]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to talk and to do yogic breathing exercisesat the same time. Kissing, talking, eating, breathing..must drive carefully in each others' corridors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reborn, Sapphowears monks' saffron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reborn, Sapphowears monks' saffron.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[POINT OF VIEW Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thanklessChristmas dinner's dark and blueWhen you stop and try to see itFrom the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/205]]></link><description><![CDATA[POINT OF VIEW Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thanklessChristmas dinner's dark and blueWhen you stop and try to see itFrom the turkey's point of view.Sunday dinner isn't sunnyEaster feasts are just bad luckWhen you see it from the viewpointOf a chicken or a duck.Oh how I once loved tuna saladPork and lobsters, lamb chops tooTill I stopped and looked at dinnerFrom the dinner's point of view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/206</guid></item></channel></rss>