Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENLoneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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How should they answer?
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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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Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you’re supervised or not; finish a job once it’s started; carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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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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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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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 lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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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 a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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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 we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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 is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can’t speak for my twin sister.
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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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Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.
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