You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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.
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.
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
Why have a cake if I can't eat it?
Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.
Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.
Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.
Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.
Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder for someone else
Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder for someone else
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.
