The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
NORM MACDONALDNote to self: no matter how bad life gets, there’s always beer.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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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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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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If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
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I’m thankful for women. I think women are more intelligent than men. Also, without women, there would be no cookies.
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Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.
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I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.
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Enjoyment inflames love in some men, and extinguishes it in others: the wind that assists large vessels, upsets small ones.
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It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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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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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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The most frequent cause of regret for what we have done is because its effects interfere with what we would do.
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Many frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices.
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The joy a person is usually seen to express at the conversion of another to his opinion is seldom more than the impulse of egotistical satisfaction at being considered worthy of didactic imitation.
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