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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.

Clarence Darrow

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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Business Funny Honesty Law Pretend
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
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
If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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Laughter Lose Power Thinking Yourself
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
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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Bad Cruelty Fear Goodness Himself People Punishment
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
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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Ability Bravery Coward Greatness Life Physical Strength
You can’t get to a pleasant place to be at unless you use pleasant methods to get there. When you are dealing with a human society the means is fully as important as the end.
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End Human Important Method Place Society
Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Civilization Scope Trial
I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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Myself Surprise Wrong
For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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Judgement Leaving Room Understand
The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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Life Live Purpose Woman
There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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Contentment Kill Sick
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
There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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Action Crime Thinking

Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.

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