Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIt is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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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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It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It’s cruel, it’s brutal, it’s inhumane, and most people don’t want it.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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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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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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