If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIf you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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How should they answer?
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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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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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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