Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 10

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• We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Friendship, Real, Thoughtful

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• I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose; I hate a draw and can't stop competing; otherwise I'm fine.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Hate, Winning, Fine

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.61, BookBaby

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• It must infuriate our children to see us always so much more forbearing with everybody else's.

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  Children, Our Children

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

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• Acedia is not in every dictionary; just in every heart.

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  Heart, Mankind, Dictionary

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.65, BookBaby

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• If you jot down every silly thought that pops into your mind, you will soon find out everything you most seriously believe.

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  Believe, Silly, Mind

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• Age is a slowing down of everything except fear.

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  Age, Slow Down, Slowing

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.105, BookBaby

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• Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren't even good for you.

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  Life, Believe, Puritan

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.95, BookBaby

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• Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.

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  Memorable, Religion, Sin

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

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• Those who are brutally honest are seldom so with themselves.

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  Honest, Brutally Honest

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• If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject.

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  Flirty, Flirting, Talking

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

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• Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Strength, Women, Weakness

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

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• Be glad that you're greedy; the national economy would collapse if you weren't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Funny, Money, Greedy

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

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• We come late, if at all, to wine and philosophy: whiskey and action are easier.

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  Philosophy, Wine, Action

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.48, BookBaby

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• Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time.

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  Time, Children, Years

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.41, BookBaby

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• If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic.

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  Children, Parent, Faults

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.37, BookBaby

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• Neurotics make poor patriots; if you're ashamed of something as big as yourself, it's hard to be proud of something as small as your country.

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  Country, Proud, Patriot

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.88, BookBaby

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• We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?

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  Hypocrisy, Fool, Irritated

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

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• Learn a little of anything, and you're ready to proselytize.

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  Littles, Ready

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• In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own.

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  Triumph, Retrospect, Defeat

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

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• My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I'm ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.

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  Time, Nice, Thinking

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

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• The neurotic doesn't know how to cope with his emotional bills; some he keeps paying over and over, others he never pays at all.

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  Emotional, Pay, Bills

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.97, BookBaby

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• Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.

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  Anxiety, Neurotic, Accidents

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.67, BookBaby

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• The way the neurotic sees it: bars on his door mean that he's locked in; bars on your door mean that he's locked out.

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  Mean, Doors, Bars

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

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• No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Ideas, Half, Literature

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

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• One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.

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  Pet, One Day, Warning

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.102, BookBaby

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