Kids grow up awfully fast these days,”she said. “You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe 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.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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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 a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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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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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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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I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana – if it’s prescribed by a physician.
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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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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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