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The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.

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Some people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust; like misers, their avarice destroys their gain.
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All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.
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I don’t have any ambition.
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Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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A suspicious person is the rival of him that deceives, both seem to practice a knowledge of cunning device, and equable sense of disengenuous merit.
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Note to self: no matter how bad life gets, there’s always beer.
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We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
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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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The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.
NORM MACDONALD

Life Philosophy Principle Solid Wisdom
They say that if you’re afraid of homosexuals, it means that deep down inside you’re actually a homosexual yourself. That worries me because I’m afraid of dogs.
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Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
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Hypocrisy is the outward acknowledgment of inward shame.
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Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.
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Though we may not desire to detect fraud, we must not, on that account, endeavor to be insensible of it, for, as cunning is a crime, so is duplicity a fault, and if men dread knaves, they also despise fools.
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There are two things at which most men are grieved: when their faults are exposed, and when their virtues are concealed.
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The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
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