Mignon McLaughlin Quote Explained: Too much money is as demoralizing as too little, and there's no such thing as exactly enough.

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We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.

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Money: in its absence, we are coarse; in its presence, we are vulgar.

- Mignon McLaughlin

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Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.

- Mignon McLaughlin

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Perfection

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As we are human, we can’t do what we can’t do; as we’re neurotic, we can’t do what we can.

- Mignon McLaughlin

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If there is something you must do and you cannot do it, you cannot do anything else.

- Mignon McLaughlin

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Courage doesn’t know what’s around the corner, but goes around it anyway.

- Mignon McLaughlin

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Corners

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Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all, and vice only poorly.

- Mignon McLaughlin

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Most of us can easily do two things at once; what’s all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

- Mignon McLaughlin

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Too much money is as demoralizing as too little, and there’s no such thing as exactly enough.

Too much money is as demoralizing as too little, and there’s no such thing as exactly enough.

We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.

Money: in its absence, we are coarse; in its presence, we are vulgar.

Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.

As we are human, we can’t do what we can’t do; as we’re neurotic, we can’t do what we can.

If there is something you must do and you cannot do it, you cannot do anything else.

Courage doesn’t know what’s around the corner, but goes around it anyway.

Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all, and vice only poorly.

Most of us can easily do two things at once; what’s all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

When we lavish our money we rob our heir; when we merely save it we rob ourselves. Explain

The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you. Explain

I was raised to have value for money, to have respect for money, even though you have a lot of it.

Just as war is freedom’s cost, disagreement is freedom’s privilege.

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.

In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation. Explain

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency. Explain

Too much money is as demoralizing as too little, and there’s no such thing as exactly enough.

Too much money is as demoralizing as too little, and there’s no such thing as exactly enough.

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