The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENNever give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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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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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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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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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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