True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENWisdom 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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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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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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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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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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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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