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.
CLARENCE DARROWThe purpose of life is to live it.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.
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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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We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.
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I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
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Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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