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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.
Norm MacDonald
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Norm MacDonald
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 17
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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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I just like doing standup, that's all I'm interested in or good at.
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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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They that are virtuous from principle may receive confidence in every capacity but they that are so from custom or habit, are capable of trust only in matters of ordinary and settled occurrence.
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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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Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
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He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
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In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness.
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In love, first please the eye, then win the heart.
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The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us.
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