The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.
NORM MACDONALDA lot of writers come from Harvard and such, and are rich, and they write under the misapprehension that poor people are stupid. So when they do write them, they are hillbillies or rednecks or Christian idiots.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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I don’t have any ambition.
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If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
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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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We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
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A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
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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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Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
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This would have been a great game to watch if we didn’t have any money on it.
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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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I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.
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Some people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust; like misers, their avarice destroys their gain.
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All my life’s about is cracking up people and them cracking me up and trying not to think about dying. That doesn’t cost very much money.
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Instead of loving your enemies, have no enemies to love.
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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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