Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 5

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• It is always safe to tell people that they're looking wonderful.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  People, Safe, Wonderful

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

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• We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Passion, Mind, Welcome

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

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Humility

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

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• Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Men, Keys, Goes On

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.42, BookBaby

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• Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Loneliness, Insomnia, Reality

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.109, BookBaby

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• Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Life, Materialism, Murphys Law

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.101, BookBaby

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• Boredom is often the cause of promiscuity, and always its result.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Boredom, Causes, Results

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.26, 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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  People, Advice, Wish

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

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• There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Years, Age, Gone

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

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• Money: in its absence, we are coarse; in its presence, we are vulgar.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Absence, Coarse, Vulgar

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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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Animal, People, Might

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

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• Everybody can write; writers can't do anything else.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Writing

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.86, BookBaby

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• When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  World Suffering, Religion, Forget

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.93, BookBaby

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• We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Kindness, War, Compassion

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.75, BookBaby

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• Those who turn to God for comfort may find comfort but I do not think they will find God.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  God, Thinking, Comfort

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.92, BookBaby

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• Don't ask others to forgive in you a sin they're dying to commit themselves.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Forgiving, Dying, Sin

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• If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Family, Children, Blessed

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.10, 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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Nostalgia, Lost, Bearable

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

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• The neurotic believes that life has meaning, but that his life hasn't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Believe, Neurotic

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

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• As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Age, Aging, Capacity

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

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• It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Friendship, Believe, Real Friends

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

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• When hope is hungry, everything feeds it

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Hungry

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.59, BookBaby

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• I tell you this, and I tell you plain: What you have done, you will do again; You will bite your tongue, careful or not, Upon the already-bitten spot.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Life, Tongue, Done

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

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• With men, as with women, the main struggle is between vanity and comfort; but with men, comfort often wins.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Women, Struggle, Winning

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.53, BookBaby

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• A woman's mink coat represents the sacrifice of a lot of little animals, including her husband.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Money, Husband, Sacrifice

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

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