Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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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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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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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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Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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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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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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana – if it’s prescribed by a physician.
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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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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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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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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from ‘Dear Abby’ instead of going to Mom and Dad.
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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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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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