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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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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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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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.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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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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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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How should they answer?
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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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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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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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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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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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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