The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
NORM MACDONALDYou know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don’t care for him.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
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Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.
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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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Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form.
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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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All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.
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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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You can’t love your team without hating another team.
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Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
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With the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another; but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of purpose.
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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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I don’t care for sex. I find it an embarrassing, dull exercise. I prefer sports, where you can win.
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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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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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