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.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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Birth: | 4th July, 1918 |
Death: | 16th January, 2013 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Journalist, Writer |
Pauline Esther Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the "Dear Abby" column in 1956. During her decades writing the column, it became the most widely-syndicated newspaper column in the world, syndicated in 1,400 newspapers with 110 million readers.
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