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We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.

Clarence Darrow

Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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Condition Conservative Effort Improvement Man Reaction War
The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
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Defect Exception Intelligence Reality
An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.
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Doubt Doubtful Faith Religious
Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Himself Lying Need
Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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Forget Jury Lost Win
An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Greatness Idea Monument
I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.
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Afraid Devil God Man Universe Woman
Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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Action Emotion Government Human
Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
CLARENCE DARROW

Fight Oneself Reason
Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Civilization Scope Trial
Chase after the truth like all hell.
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Chase Hell One Liner Truth
Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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Greatness Money Touch
Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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Children Himself Intelligence Parents
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
CLARENCE DARROW

Hell Myself Suffering Understand
To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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Doubt Explanation Mystery Origin Question Universe
Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
CLARENCE DARROW

Children Fit Live Mercy

We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.

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