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All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.

Ann Landers
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At every party there are two kinds of people - those who want to go home and those who don't. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.
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There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.
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Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.
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Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all; this, too, shall pass.
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People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.
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If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.
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Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
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Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses.
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Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
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Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.
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Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.
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People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They don't consider it servitude.
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I don't believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is.
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Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.
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The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.
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Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.
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Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.
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I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.
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The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.
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One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.
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Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.
Ann Landers
All married couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of making love. Good battle is objective and honest - never vicious or cruel. Good battle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principles of equal partnership.
Ann Landers
The Lord gave us two ends - one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use the most.
Ann Landers
Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.
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Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.' Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.
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Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners is nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.
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Love is friendship that has caught fire.
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It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.
Ann Landers
Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.
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Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.
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Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them
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Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored & destroy the object on which it is poured.
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If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.
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At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don't care what they think of us. At age 60, we discover they haven't been thinking of us at all.
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Maturity is the ability to harness your abilities and your energies and do more than is expected. The mature person refuses to settle for mediocrity. He/she would rather aim high and miss the mark than low-and make it.
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It is far better to be alone than to wish you were.
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Anyone who believes the competitive spirit in America is dead has never been in a supermarket when the cashier opens another check-out line.
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More divorces start in the bedroom than in any other room in the house.
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If you marry a man who cheats on his wife youll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.
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The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie.
Ann Landers
Bragging is not an attractive trait but lets be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesnt go home through an alley.
Ann Landers
People who care about each other enjoy doing things for one another. They dont consider it servitude.
Ann Landers
The true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.
Ann Landers