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If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.

Norm MacDonald

It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
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Fortune Policy Wasted Time
I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.
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Comedy Identity Joke Myself Perfection
The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.
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Adversity Friendship Oneself Prosperity Reason True
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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Cook Intelligence Man Myself Thankful Woman
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
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
The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.
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Compliment Confidence Friendship Greatness Young
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
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
Liberty, like health, appears most precious when lost.
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Appearance Health Liberty Lost Precious
Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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Philosophy Reason Shame Virtue
As evacuation eases the body, so occasional ejectment of passion seems to appease the agonies of the soul, and dispose to tranquility the agitations of the heart.
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Body Heart Occasion Passion Soul Tranquility
It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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Deep Necessary Tolerance
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
Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.
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Care Carry Force Limitation Restriction Worst Youth
The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.
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Beginning Knowledge Mistake Philosophy Wisdom

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