Though we may not desire to detect fraud, we must not, on that account, endeavor to be insensible of it, for, as cunning is a crime, so is duplicity a fault, and if men dread knaves, they also despise fools.
NORM MACDONALDNote to self: no matter how bad life gets, there’s always beer.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
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Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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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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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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The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.
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Few people love with the violence they hate.
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If you desire praise or esteem, endeavor to merit it.
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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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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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Hypocrisy is the outward acknowledgment of inward shame.
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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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When people told the audience that [Sam Kinison] was good, he was accepted after that.
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I don’t have any ambition.
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They say that if you’re afraid of homosexuals, it means that deep down inside you’re actually a homosexual yourself. That worries me because I’m afraid of dogs.
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You can’t love your team without hating another team.
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