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During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.

Norm MacDonald

Some men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent of their confidence.
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Confidence Easy Man Temptation Violence
It is often better to be restricted to necessity than unconfined in the measure of our desires: prosperity destroys more individuals than adversity ruins.
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Adversity Better Desire Destroy Necessary Prosperity Ruin
The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.
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Different Moral Nation Reading
With the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another; but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of purpose.
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Abandonment Ambitious Defeat Failure Occasion Philosophy Purpose
Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.
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Behavior Hate Love Mental People Violence
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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Afraid Destroy People Trust
Hypocrisy is the outward acknowledgment of inward shame.
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Acknowledgement Hypocrisy Shame
I don’t know the difference between a hippie and a hipster but, it’s fun to watch either one of them get beat up.
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Difference Fight Fun Myself See
Instead of loving your enemies, have no enemies to love.
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Choice Deep Enemy Love Philosophy
I got my computer. The great thing about the computer is that you only need enough money to buy a computer and some food, and you’re all right. I don’t have to go to premières.
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Computer Enough Food Money Myself Need Right Technology Yourself
I don’t care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
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Care Exercise Preference Sex Win Yourself
They that are fated to be fools, have one consolation, that they are fated also to be ignorant of it.
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Behavior Fate Fools Ignorance Tragedy
Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
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Better Ignorance Knowledge Philosophy
Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
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Best Mindset Praise Success
Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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Philosophy Reason Shame Virtue
He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
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Himself Praise Search

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