Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENSome 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.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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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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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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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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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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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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