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None meet life honestly and few heroically.

Clarence Darrow

All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Death Emotion Greatness Man Reading Satisfaction Strong
Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.
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Love Obedience Subject
I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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Believe God Mom Myself
Autobiography is never entirely true. No one can get the right perspective on himself. Every fact is colored by imagination and dream.
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Dreams Fact Forever Imagination Perspective Right True
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it.
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Beginning Believe Myself President
There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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Crime Evil God Goodness Human Race Sin
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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Brain Jealous Liberty Man Soul
I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
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Earth Existence Feeling Himself Home Man
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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Children Live Ourselves Parents Ruin
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
The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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Case Jury Law Reality
Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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Children Himself Intelligence Parents
Chase after the truth like all hell.
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Chase Hell One Liner Truth
My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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Constitution Laws Myself
Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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Belief Future God Life Myself Religion
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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Correct Learning Speak Talk Yourself

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