Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
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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It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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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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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can’t speak for my twin sister.
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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 lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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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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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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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 want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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