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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIn Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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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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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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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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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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can’t speak for my twin sister.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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