Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

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The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it.

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Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn't exist.

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The neurotic usually obeys his own Golden Rule: Hate thy neighbor as thyself.

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The best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing.

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Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.

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I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary.

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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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Throughout our lives, we see in the mirror the same innocent trusting face we have seen there since childhood.

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Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.

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Many marriages are simply working partnerships between businessmen and housekeepers.

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

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Some marriages break up, and some do not, and in our world you can usually explain the former better than the latter.

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A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine.

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A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

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

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The marriage of convenience has this to recommend it: we are better judges of convenience than we are of love.

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The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.

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Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.

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Men enjoy being thought of as hunters, but are generally too lazy to hunt. Women, on the other hand, love to hunt, but would rather nobody knew it.

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

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Whether or not you love television, you've got to admit that it certainly loves itself.

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When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior.

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Psychiatrists are terrible ads for themselves, like a dermatologist with acne.

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Goods are displayed by thousands of shopkeepers with a sense of beauty that finds no other outlet.

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Many of us are equal to life's emergencies who cannot bear its day-after-dayness.

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If you have to do it every day, for God's sake learn to do it well.

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Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed.

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Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it.

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There are now electrical appliances with the main unit so sealed in that it cannot be got at for repair. There have always been human beings like that.

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