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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.
Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.
Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.
Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
Reborn, Sappho
wears monks' saffron.
Reborn, Sappho
wears monks' saffron.
POINT OF VIEW
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless
Christmas dinner's dark and blue
When you stop and try to read more
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.
Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.
Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.