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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.

Norm MacDonald

Scientists believe they may have discovered a primitive form of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa. That primitive form of life? You guessed it, Frank Stallone.
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Believe Discover Life Moon Yourself
Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
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Best Mindset Praise Success
We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
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Danger Fear Ourselves Philosophy Situation Suffering
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
Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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Philosophy Reason Shame Virtue
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.
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Advice Avoid Determination Distance Himself Man Opinion Pursue
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
You know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don’t care for him.
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Care Learning Man Myself
It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
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Fortune Policy Wasted Time
I want you to buy this pit bull. This will protect your valuables.’ I don’t own anything very valuable. If I buy the pit bull, that would be the most valuable thing I own. I’d have to buy something to protect it then.
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Dog Funny Material Myself Protection Value
I don’t have any ambition.
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Ambition Myself One Liner
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
It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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Deep Necessary Tolerance
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
This would have been a great game to watch if we didn’t have any money on it.
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Game Greatness Money
I don’t really like politics that much. And I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world.
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End Fantasy Friendship Love Order Politics Simplicity Sports World

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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