If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENYou 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.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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So yesterday you fell off the wagon? Or maybe you blew your diet? Or lost your temper and shot off your mouth? Well, that was yesterday. Today is a brand-new day with a clean slate, so forget yesterday!
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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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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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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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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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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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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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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