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

Norm MacDonald

There are two things which a man should scrupulously avoid: giving advice that he would not follow, and asking advice when he is determined to pursue his own opinion.
NORM MACDONALD

Advice Avoid Determination Distance Himself Man Opinion Pursue
In estimating the adversities of life, we would seldom have much reason to complain of the evils we suffer, did we understand the dangers we daily escape.
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Adversity Dangerous Escape Reason Suffering Understand
Enjoyment inflames love in some men, and extinguishes it in others: the wind that assists large vessels, upsets small ones.
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Enjoyment Love Man Small Wind
Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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Philosophy Reason Shame Virtue
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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Device Equality Knowledge Person Practice
We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
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Danger Fear Ourselves Philosophy Situation Suffering
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
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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Ideas Memories Myself Reality Strong Word
In love, we are best pleased when we please others.
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Best Kindness Love
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 first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.
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Life Philosophy Principle Solid Wisdom
Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
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Correct Discover Improvement Mistake Yourself
The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.
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Beginning Knowledge Mistake Philosophy Wisdom
I can’t be naturalistic enough to make it sound real. So instead, I just wander around aimlessly knowing that I’ll be funny enough with stream of consciousness until I get to the actual explosively funny part.
NORM MACDONALD

Enough Funny Myself Natural Reality Sound
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.
NORM MACDONALD

Crime Evil Greatness Injustice Man Practice Success Thinking World

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

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