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 MACDONALDEnjoyment inflames love in some men, and extinguishes it in others: the wind that assists large vessels, upsets small ones.
More Norm MacDonald Quotes
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He that searches for praise will often find contempt.
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I don’t have any ambition.
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A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
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Chastity is oftener owing to diffidence and shame, than to fortitude of reason or virtue.
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Instead of loving your enemies, have no enemies to love.
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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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All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.
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Envy, like a false mirror, distorts the symmetry of the sweetest form.
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I generally have a real strong idea or a strong punchline, and I just try to get to it by rambling around, as I don’t like to memorize words.
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You know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don’t care for him.
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Flattery succeeds best on minds previously occupied by conceit.
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Many frequently change their principles, but seldom their practices.
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As evacuation eases the body, so occasional ejectment of passion seems to appease the agonies of the soul, and dispose to tranquility the agitations of the heart.
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Though you may be last to discover your follies, be always first to correct them.
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Few people love with the violence they hate.
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