Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIt 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.
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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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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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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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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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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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 less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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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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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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