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Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.
Ann Landers
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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
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Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
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Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.
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Maturity is the art of living in peace with that which cannot be changed, the courage to change that which should be changed, no matter what it takes, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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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.
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Maturity is humility. It is being big enough to say, I was wrong. And, when he/she is right, the mature person need not experience the satisfaction of saying, I told you so.
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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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guilt is a pollutant and we don't need any more of it in the world.
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We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares immortality with us.
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Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.
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Warmth, kindness, and friendship are the most yearned for commodities in the world. The person who can provide them will never be lonely.
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Church is not a museum for Saints, but rather a hospital for sinners.
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I made up my mind when I was 15 years old that I would never smoke or drink. I have kept that pledge to myself, and it was one of the smartest decisions I ever made.
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The adult who is constantly changing friends and changing mates is immature. He/she cannot stick it out because he/she has not grown up.
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Inside every seventy-year-old is a thirty-five-year-old asking, 'What happened?
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It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.
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What the majority of American children needs is to stop being pampered, stop being indulged, stop being chauffeured, stop being catered to. In the final analysis, it is not what you do for you children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.
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Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you've always wanted to do but couldn't find the time.
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