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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

Clarence Darrow

Everybody is a potential murderer. I’ve never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.
CLARENCE DARROW

Kill Murder Notice Potential Reading Satisfaction
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Choice Content Eat Judgment Leadership Life Oneself
Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.
CLARENCE DARROW

Book Hope Myself Royal Writing
The only real lawyers are trial lawyers, and trial lawyers try cases to juries.
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Case Jury Law Reality
One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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Form Life Live Oneself Philosophy
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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Afflict Comfortable Compassionate Human
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
To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.
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Doubt Explanation Mystery Origin Question Universe
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
The purpose of man is like the purpose of a pollywog – to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him.
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Death Himself Man Purpose
Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either.
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Belief Future God Life Myself Religion
I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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Myself Surprise Wrong
I don’t believe in God because I don’t believe in Mother Goose.
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Believe God Mom Myself
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.
CLARENCE DARROW

Children Greatness Misfortune Opportunity Rich
Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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Children Fit Live Mercy
The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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Modern Safety Time Truth Voice

If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

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