Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
NORM MACDONALDFlattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
NORM MACDONALDIgnorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
NORM MACDONALDHe that searches for praise will often find contempt.
NORM MACDONALDIt is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
NORM MACDONALDThe standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.
NORM MACDONALDFew people love with the violence they hate.
NORM MACDONALDI 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.
NORM MACDONALDNote to self: no matter how bad life gets, there’s always beer.
NORM MACDONALDBack in the old days, a man could just get sick and die. Now they have to wage a battle. So my Uncle Bert is waging a courageous battle, which I’ve seen, because I go and visit him. And this is the battle: he’s lying in the hospital bed, with a thing in his arm, watching Matlock on the TV.
NORM MACDONALDA suspicious person is the rival of him that deceives, both seem to practice a knowledge of cunning device, and equable sense of disengenuous merit.
NORM MACDONALDThe praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
NORM MACDONALDSome men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent of their confidence.
NORM MACDONALDI don’t have any ambition.
NORM MACDONALDIn love, we are best pleased when we please others.
NORM MACDONALDA readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
NORM MACDONALDDuring misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
NORM MACDONALD