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.
NORM MACDONALDThe beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.
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Comedy is surprises, so if you’re intending to make somebody laugh and they don’t laugh, that’s funny.
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It is necessary to be tolerant, in order to be tolerated.
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I don’t care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
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I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.
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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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In estimating the adversities of life, we would seldom have much reason to complain of the evils we suffer, did we understand the dangers we daily escape.
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It is vain to complain of fortune while we fail in policy and conduct.
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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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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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Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.
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He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
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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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If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
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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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