All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.
NORM MACDONALDIf you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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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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The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.
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We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
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Few people love with the violence they hate.
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Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form.
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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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Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.
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Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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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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Most men will go farther to give advice than to follow their own opinion.
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The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.
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Liberty, like health, appears most precious when lost.
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Though we may not desire to detect fraud, we must not, on that account, endeavor to be insensible of it, for, as cunning is a crime, so is duplicity a fault, and if men dread knaves, they also despise fools.
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I don’t care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
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Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
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