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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.

Clarence Darrow

The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.
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Defect Exception Intelligence Reality
Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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Born Control Myself People Remember
Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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Law Poet Wreck
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
Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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Himself Lying Need
A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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Capital Cooperation Criminal
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
The law is a horrible business.
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Business Horrible One Liner
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
Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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Born Greatness Man
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
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
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Hate Injustice Land Patriot True
Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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Happiness Laughter People Religion Yourself
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
I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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Myself Surprise Wrong
The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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Ability Bravery Coward Greatness Life Physical Strength

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