If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENNever advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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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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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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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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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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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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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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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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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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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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How should they answer?
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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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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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