"The past is rich in lessons from which……" — Mignon McLaughlin
"The past is rich in lessons from which we would greatly profit except that the present is always so full of Special Circumstances."
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311 Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin
Mignon McLaughlin has 311 quotes on this site.
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The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones.
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There's something in every atheist, itching to believe, and something in every believer, itching to doubt.
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Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first.
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Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it,…
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Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom.
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What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.
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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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Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere.
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The excesses of love soon pass, but its insufficiencies torment us forever.
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It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?
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As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.
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In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.
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More Circumstances Quotes
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that…
— Neil Armstrong
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Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of…
— Saint Augustine
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A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So…
— James A. Baldwin
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There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real…
— Christian Bale
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Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
— Dave Barry
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
— Joseph Addison
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If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic…
— John Berger
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The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other…
— Andrew Bernstein
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I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament.
— Tony Blair
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