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He that searches for praise will often find contempt.

Norm MacDonald

There are two things at which most men are grieved: when their faults are exposed, and when their virtues are concealed.
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Grief Man Mistake Virtue
Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.
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Activity Ambition Energy Greatness Happiness
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
Many frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices.
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Action Change Practice Principle Thinking
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
The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.
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Beginning Knowledge Mistake Philosophy Wisdom
With the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another; but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of purpose.
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Abandonment Ambitious Defeat Failure Occasion Philosophy Purpose
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
During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
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Condition Deserve Misfortune Ourselves
The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
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Imperfection Man Ourselves Praise Seek Virtue
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
It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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Deep Necessary Tolerance
A suspicious person is the rival of him that deceives, both seem to practice a knowledge of cunning device, and equable sense of disengenuous merit.
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Device Equality Knowledge Person Practice
Ever see this? It’s a homeless guy but he’s got a dog… The dog’s really thrilled with this idea. The dog’s going, Hey pal, I can do this by myself pretty well. The longest walk in the world you got me on here.
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Dog Friendship Funny Home Ideas Man See Thrill Walk Yourself
There are two indiscretions that generally distinguish fools: a readiness to report whatever they hear, and a practice of communicating with secrecy what is commonly understood.
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Communication Fools Practice Report Understand
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

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