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.
CLARENCE DARROWThose who enjoy the emotion of hating are much like the groups who sate their thirst for blood by hunting and hounding to death helpless animals as an outlet for their emotions.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure – that is all that agnosticism means.
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Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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I am simply an agnostic. I haven’t yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don’t know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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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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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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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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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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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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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.
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