Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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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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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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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It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It’s cruel, it’s brutal, it’s inhumane, and most people don’t want it.
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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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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 your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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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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How should they answer?
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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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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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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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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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It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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