Quotes from Abigail Van Buren

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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.

Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to "prove their love" like a moose needs a hat rack.

Kissing power is stronger than will power.

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.

It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself.

The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.

If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters.

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.

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.

It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.

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.

Loneliness is the ultimate poverty

Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.