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

Clarence Darrow

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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Home Knowledge Mad Mindset Possession Thinking
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
Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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Freedom Human Institution Law
Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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Greatness Money Touch
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 law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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Business Funny Honesty Law Pretend
You can only be free if I am free.
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Freedom Myself One Liner
I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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Believe God Mom Myself
I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
CLARENCE DARROW

Death Happiness Myself Notice Reading
Physical deformity, calls forth our charity. But the infinite misfortune of moral deformity calls forth nothing but hatred and vengeance.
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Charity Hate Misfortune Revenge
Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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Fight Oneself Reason
No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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Citizenship Determination Goodness Law Man Worth
History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
CLARENCE DARROW

History Oneself Repeat
The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
CLARENCE DARROW

Case Jury Law Reality

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

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