Ann Landers Short Quotes

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The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

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If you want to catch a trout, don't fish in a herring barrel.

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Never let an opportunity pass to give a well-deserved compliment.

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Guilt is a pollutant and we don't need any more of it in the world.

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More divorces start in the bedroom than in any other room in the house.

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All marriages are happy, it's the living together afterward that's tough.

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Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

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It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.

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Children have an uncanny way of living up — or down — to what is expected of them.

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I had no idea so many people in the United States and Canada were tying each other up.

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Pity the poor millionaire. He'll never know the thrill of paying that final installment.

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Maintaining self-respect in the face of a devastating experience is of prime importance.

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Experience, they say, is the best teacher, but we get the grade first and the lesson later.

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Love is content with the present, it hopes for the future and it doesn't brood over the past.

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If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.

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A word to those of you who are trying to drown your sorrow. Please be aware that sorrow knows how to swim.

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No one knows what a marriage is like except the two people in it — and sometimes one of them doesn't know.

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Don't indulge in gossip.... People who throw mudballs always manage to end up getting a little on themselves.

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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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Remember, it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking.

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It has been said that rose-colored glasses do not come in bifocals because nobody reads the small print in dreams.

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Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one is leaving four or five things a day — unsaid.

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Women complain about sex more often than men. Their gripes fall into two major categories: (1) Not enough. (2) Too much.

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It's one of the ironies of human nature that the most sensitive people are generally insensitive to the feelings of others.

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Hatred is like an acid. It can do more damage to the container in which it is stored than to the object on which it is poured.

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