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Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.

Norm MacDonald

There 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.
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Advice Avoid Determination Distance Himself Man Opinion Pursue
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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Afraid Dog Funny Identity Myself Reality Worry
It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
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Fortune Policy Wasted Time
It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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Deep Necessary Tolerance
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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Betrayal Crime Desire Fake Fools Man Philosophy
Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
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Better Ignorance Knowledge Philosophy
Yeah man, they call gambling a disease, but it’s the only disease where you can win a bunch of money.
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Game Man Money Sick Win Yourself
They that are fated to be fools, have one consolation, that they are fated also to be ignorant of it.
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Behavior Fate Fools Ignorance Tragedy
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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End Fantasy Friendship Love Order Politics Simplicity Sports World
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
When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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Acceptance Audience Goodness People
Reason is always weak where prejudice is strong.
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Philosophy Prejudice Reason Strong Weakness
The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.
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Different Moral Nation Reading
Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
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Best Mindset Praise Success
Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.
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Behavior Hate Love Mental People Violence
Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
NORM MACDONALD

Correct Discover Improvement Mistake Yourself

Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.

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