The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIf you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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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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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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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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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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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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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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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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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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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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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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