The first principle of solid wisdom is discretion, without it all the erudition of life is merely bagatelle.
NORM MACDONALDThere are two things which a man should scrupulously avoid: giving advice that he would not follow, and asking advice when he is determined to pursue his own opinion.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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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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Instead of loving your enemies, have no enemies to love.
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It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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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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This would have been a great game to watch if we didn’t have any money on it.
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Back in the old days, a man could just get sick and die. Now they have to wage a battle. So my Uncle Bert is waging a courageous battle, which I’ve seen, because I go and visit him. And this is the battle: he’s lying in the hospital bed, with a thing in his arm, watching Matlock on the TV.
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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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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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You know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don’t care for him.
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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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In love, we are best pleased when we please others.
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You can’t love your team without hating another team.
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The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.
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Few people love with the violence they hate.
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In math, you could get 100 percent. It was very fair. That’s what I liked about math. You could figure it out, and the teacher couldn’t have a stupid opinion about it.
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