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.
NORM MACDONALDIt is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
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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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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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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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The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.
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Note to self: no matter how bad life gets, there’s always beer.
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Scientists believe they may have discovered a primitive form of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa. That primitive form of life? You guessed it, Frank Stallone.
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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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You can’t love your team without hating another team.
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Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
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You ever be having a really good dream, and then, uh- right in the middle of the dream you wake up, right in the best part of the dream? And there you are, back in your stinkin’ life again? Man, that’s rough, eh?
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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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The most frequent cause of regret for what we have done is because its effects interfere with what we would do.
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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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