Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
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More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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Kids grow up awfully fast these days,”she said. “You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.
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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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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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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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