“I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun.”
Billy Joel (1949) American singer-songwriter and pianist
Variant: I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.
“The sinner's ego is crude
that of the saint refined,
distilled. Careful! It may
be more poisonous!”
Source: Echoes from the Bottomless Well (1985), p. 21
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