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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENKissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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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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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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Some People are more turned on by money than they are by love. In one respect they’re alike. They’re both wonderful as long as they last.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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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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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can’t speak for my twin sister.
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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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