If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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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It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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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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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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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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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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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 you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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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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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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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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