If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIf you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana – if it’s prescribed by a physician.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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How should they answer?
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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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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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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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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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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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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