If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “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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It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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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 don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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