Mignon McLaughlin

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There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.

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

A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.

We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.

It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.

Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

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

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.