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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENYou are what you are when nobody is looking.
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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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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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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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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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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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 less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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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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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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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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