There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENMany husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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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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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you’re supervised or not; finish a job once it’s started; carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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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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How should they answer?
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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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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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