Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENTrue, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don’t live up to the expectations we have of them.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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So yesterday you fell off the wagon? Or maybe you blew your diet? Or lost your temper and shot off your mouth? Well, that was yesterday. Today is a brand-new day with a clean slate, so forget yesterday!
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How should they answer?
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Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you’re supervised or not; finish a job once it’s started; carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can’t speak for my twin sister.
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It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from ‘Dear Abby’ instead of going to Mom and Dad.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.
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Wisdom doesn’t automatically come with old age. Nothing does – except wrinkles. It’s true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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You could move.’ —“Dear Abby” responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.
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