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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENNever advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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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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How should they answer?
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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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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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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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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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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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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