Liberty, like health, appears most precious when lost.
NORM MACDONALDHe that searches for praise will often find contempt.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
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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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Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
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Instead of loving your enemies, have no enemies to love.
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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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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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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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Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.
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I don’t really like politics that much. And I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world.
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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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During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
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Hypocrisy is the outward acknowledgment of inward shame.
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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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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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A great cause of evil in the world is that men seldom think themselves criminal if they offer the same injustice to others that has been successfully practiced on themselves.
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