Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

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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. Beautiful
• Desire is in men a hunger, in women only an appetite. Appetite
• Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity. All
• Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on. Brief
• Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference. All
• Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live. Die
• What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures. Bed
• Men never know how tired they are till their wives sit them down for a nice long talk. Down
• It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time. All
• Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put. Integrity
• After the chills and fever of love, how nice is the 98.6 degrees of marriage. Chill
• I've been hiding from God, and I'm appalled to find how easy it is. Appalled
• Don't look for God where He is needed most; if you didn't bring Him there, He isn't there. Bring
• Surrounded by people who love life, you love it too; surrounded by people who don't, you don't. Attitude
• Many things can make you miserable for weeks; few can bring you a whole day of happiness. Bring
• A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough. Marriage
• It's wonderful to watch a pretty woman with character grow beautiful. Beautiful
• An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought. All
• How strange that the young should always think the world is against them - when in fact that is the only time it is for… Always Think
• What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us. Allowance

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