Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIf you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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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 lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
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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 less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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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 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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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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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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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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