Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don’t live up to the expectations we have of them.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENAccept 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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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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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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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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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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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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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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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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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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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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