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

Clarence Darrow

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
Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom
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Justice Politics Room
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
Scopes isn’t on trial; civilization is on trial.
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Civilization Scope Trial
I have lived my life, and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and the poor – anybody can do that – but against power, against injustice, against oppression, and I have asked no odds from them, and I never shall.
CLARENCE DARROW

Battle Fight Life Live Myself Oppression Poor Power Weakness
Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.
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Conflict Fight Forever Liberty Man Obligation Preservation Tolerance
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
I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Kill Myself Notice Reading Satisfaction
Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.
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Poor Rich Trial
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
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
I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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Death Happiness Myself Notice Reading
The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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Better Fight Himself Man
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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Correct Learning Speak Talk Yourself
I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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Myself Surprise Wrong
My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.
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Constitution Laws Myself

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

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