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My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.

Clarence Darrow

Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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Action Emotion Government Human
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
Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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Fight Oneself Reason
Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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Clothes Fit Law People Service
Most lawyers only tell you about the cases they win. I can tell you about some I lose. A lawyer who wins all his cases does not have many.
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Case Lawyer Lose Myself Win
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
A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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Capital Cooperation Criminal
An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Greatness Idea Monument
I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.
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Distribution Fact Greatness Honesty Man Money Myself Question
Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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Children Fit Live Mercy
Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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Law Poet Wreck
The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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Modern Safety Time Truth Voice
If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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Happiness Himself Man Wrong
We’re all killers at heart, I have never taken anybody’s life, but I have often read obituary notices with considerable satisfaction.
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Heart Kill Life Notice Satisfaction
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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Ignorance Man Myself Pretend
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

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