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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENSo the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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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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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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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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.
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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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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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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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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don’t live up to the expectations we have of them.
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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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