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Reason is always weak where prejudice is strong.

Norm MacDonald

As evacuation eases the body, so occasional ejectment of passion seems to appease the agonies of the soul, and dispose to tranquility the agitations of the heart.
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Body Heart Occasion Passion Soul Tranquility
A great cause of evil in the world is that men seldom think themselves criminal if they offer the same injustice to others that has been successfully practiced on themselves.
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Crime Evil Greatness Injustice Man Practice Success Thinking World
Liberty, like health, appears most precious when lost.
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Appearance Health Liberty Lost Precious
Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
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Better Ignorance Knowledge Philosophy
Yeah man, they call gambling a disease, but it’s the only disease where you can win a bunch of money.
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Game Man Money Sick Win Yourself
The joy a person is usually seen to express at the conversion of another to his opinion is seldom more than the impulse of egotistical satisfaction at being considered worthy of didactic imitation.
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Ego Expression Imitation Joy Opinion Person Satisfaction See Worth
The most frequent cause of regret for what we have done is because its effects interfere with what we would do.
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Action Affect Deep Future Ourselves Regret
A lot of writers come from Harvard and such, and are rich, and they write under the misapprehension that poor people are stupid. So when they do write them, they are hillbillies or rednecks or Christian idiots.
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Education Idiot People Poor Rich Stupidity Writing
I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.
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Comedy Identity Joke Myself Perfection
Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.
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In love, we are best pleased when we please others.
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Best Kindness Love
Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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Deep Necessary Tolerance
I generally have a real strong idea or a strong punchline, and I just try to get to it by rambling around, as I don’t like to memorize words.
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I don’t care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
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They that are fated to be fools, have one consolation, that they are fated also to be ignorant of it.
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Reason is always weak where prejudice is strong.

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