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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENA church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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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It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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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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If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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Some People are more turned on by money than they are by love. In one respect they’re alike. They’re both wonderful as long as they last.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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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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How should they answer?
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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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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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If you are looking for a kindly, well-to-do older gentleman who is no longer interested in sex, take out an ad in The Wall Street Journal.
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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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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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