Nostalgia for what we have lost is more bearable than nosta… - Mignon McLaughlin

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Nostalgia for what we have lost is more bearable than nostalgia for what we have never had, for the first involves knowledge and pleasure, the second only ignorance and pain.

Mignon McLaughlin

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Mignon McLaughlin (June 6, 1913 – December 20, 1983) was an American journalist and author.

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