"In youth we are plagued by desire; in……" — Mignon McLaughlin

In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the… - Mignon McLaughlin

"In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire."

— Mignon McLaughlin

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311 Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin

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The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones.
There's something in every atheist, itching to believe, and something in every believer, itching to doubt.
Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first.
Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it,…
Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom.
What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.
If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject.
Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere.
The excesses of love soon pass, but its insufficiencies torment us forever.
It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?
As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.
The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to…

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Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we… — Chinua Achebe
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

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