Mignon McLaughlin was an American journalist and writer known for her unique sense of humor and profound insights into human nature. Her work often delves into the complexities of life, resonating with readers.
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“Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and difficult as that.”
“Goods are displayed by thousands of shopkeepers with a sense of beauty that finds no other outlet.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.”
“The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Neurotic quarrels always have the same theme-song: Hate me and get it over with.”
“An artist usually has no friends except other artists, and usually they do not like his work.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Beauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Healthy parakeets have the nervous energy of tennis players.”
“My thoughts, I guess, are bitter; who but the bitter have thoughts?”
“A bore: one who knows as well as you do what he is going to say next.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt.”
“When we discuss those we love with those who do not love them, the end of love is near.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Failure can get to be a rather comfortable old friend.”
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“In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.”
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“We can never understand other people's motives, nor their furniture.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“If only we could be old and sick while we're still young and healthy enough to put up with it!”
“Anything you do from the heart enriches you, but sometimes not till years later.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“We cough because we can't help it, but others do it on purpose.”
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“If the second marriage really succeeds, the first one didn't really fail.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Neurotics have plenty of non-neurotic friends, but not for long.”
“Not for nothing does the neurotic suffer - but not for anything very much, either.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“At night, neurotics may toil not, but oh how they spin!”
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Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“The first-rate mind is always curious, compassionate, original, and pessimistic.”
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“We often pray to be better, when in truth we only want to feel better.”
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“Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt.”
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“Boredom is often the cause of promiscuity, and always its result.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Tragedy isn't getting something, or failing to get it; it's losing something you already have.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Nobody knows the trouble we've seen-but we keep trying to tell them.”
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“Others follow patterns; we alone are unpredictable.”
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“The first two days of a vacation are endless; then it flies.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin