Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

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  A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

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  Love, Relationship, Anniversary

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.32, BookBaby

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• I'm always there to tell people that their life is not that bad. I wish it was easy to follow that advice.

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  People, Advice, Wish

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still.

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  Inspirational, Running, Time

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.78, BookBaby

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• Nostalgia for what we have lost is more bearable than nostalgia for what we have never had, for the first involves knowledge and pleasure, the second only ignorance and pain.

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  Nostalgia, Lost, Bearable

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Confidence

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.36, BookBaby

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• In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

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  Love, Inspirational, Marriage

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.30, BookBaby

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• We can never understand other people's motives, nor their furniture.

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  People, Furniture, Motive

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.45, BookBaby

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• We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.

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  Love, Matter, Infatuation

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.25, BookBaby

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• The three horrors of modern life - talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.

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  Desire, Three, Modern Life

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.71, BookBaby

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• The past is rich in lessons from which we would greatly profit except that the present is always so full of Special Circumstances.

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  Past, Entrepreneur, Special

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

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  Best Love, Women, Heart

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.13, BookBaby

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• There are always a few people you do a lot for, and a few who do a lot for you, but they're not the same people.

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  Kindness, People

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.46, BookBaby

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• Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you're delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody - and that's what's made them radiantly attractive.

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  Running, People, Justice

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• A first-rate marriage is like a first-rate hotel: expensive, but worth it.

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  Marriage, Firsts, Hotel

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.30, BookBaby

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• Love unlocks doors and opens windows that weren't even there before.

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  Love, Relationship, Valentines Day

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.33, BookBaby

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• The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Humility

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.44, BookBaby

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• Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else.

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  Confidence, Being Yourself, Anxiety

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.70, BookBaby

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• Many beautiful women have been made happy by their own beauty, but no intelligent woman has ever been made happy by her own intelligence.

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  Beautiful, Intelligent, Feminist

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.50, BookBaby

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• We have to call it "freedom": who'd want to die for "a lesser tyranny"

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  Freedom, Want, Tyranny

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.87, BookBaby

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• You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.

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  Writing, Growth, Pages

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.56, BookBaby

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• Most sermons sound to me like commercials - but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.

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  Atheist, Sound, Literature

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.94, BookBaby

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• For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.

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  Life, Night, Literature

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

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• We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

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  Animal, People, Might

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.25, BookBaby

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• Whatever we worship, short of God, is sure to be our undoing.

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  Worship, Wise Words, Undoing

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.91, BookBaby

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• Love is often gentle, desire always a rage.

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  Love, Passion, Desire

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.31, BookBaby

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