The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
CLARENCE DARROWInstead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.
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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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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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Eugene V. Debs has always been one of my heroes.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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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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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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