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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

Clarence Darrow

There are a lot of myths which make the human race cruel and barbarous and unkind. Good and Evil, Sin and Crime, Free Will and the like delusions made to excuse God for damning men and to excuse men for crucifying each other.
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Crime Evil God Goodness Human Race Sin
I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.
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Friendship Man Oneself Work
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
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
The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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Death Himself Man Purpose
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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Choice Content Eat Judgment Leadership Life Oneself
Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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Dangerous Education Fans Religious Source
Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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Believe Document Human Personal
As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever.
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Forever Object Rebel World Wrong
Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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Forget Jury Lost Win
I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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Beginning Doubt Fear Feeling Myself Wisdom
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
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
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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Doubt Explanation Mystery Origin Question Universe
To think is to differ.
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Difference One Liner Thinking
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Form Life Live Oneself Philosophy

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