Abigail Van Buren

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 Buren

#life #wisdom #life

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. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#gay #homophobia #improvement

The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#grace #sin #church

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 Buren

#age

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age.Nothing does --- except wrinkles.It's true,some wines improves with age.But only if the grapes were good in the first place ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#age

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#beats #dangerous #dangerous thing #ignorance #learning

It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#i #i was born #iowa #sister #speak

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. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#advice #commentary #counsel #dad #dear

Loneliness is the ultimate poverty. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#poverty #ultimate

The less you talk, the more you're listened to. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#less #listened #more #talk #you