Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.
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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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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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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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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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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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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