If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENFighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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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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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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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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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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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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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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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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