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Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.

Clarence Darrow

Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Poor Rich Trial
Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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Action Emotion Government Human
The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.
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Defend Delusion Land Strong Weakness
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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End Environment Important Lesson Life Live Relation
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
The truth is, no man is white and no man is black. We are all freckled.
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Black Freckle Man Truth White
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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Hate Injustice Land Patriot True
The law is a horrible business.
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Business Horrible One Liner
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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Compliment Ignorance Insult Man Myself Pretend
An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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Greatness Idea Monument
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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Beginning Death Fear God Investigation Study Wisdom
It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes.
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Children Greatness Misfortune Opportunity Rich
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
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Book Hope Myself Royal Writing
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
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
Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.
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Contemplation Conversation Cultivation Silence

Instead of yielding to idle conversation it might profit one to cultivate silence and contemplation.

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