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.
CLARENCE DARROWIn 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.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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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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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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None meet life honestly and few heroically.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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Life is a never-ending school, and the really important lessons all tend to teach man his proper relation to the environment where he must live.
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Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
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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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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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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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Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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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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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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