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I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.

Clarence Darrow

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
For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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Judgement Leaving Room Understand
The trouble with law is lawyers.
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Law Lawyer Trouble
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
I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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Cruelty Myself Right Suspicious
The nation that would to-day disarm its soldiers and turn its people to the paths of peace would accomplish more to its building up than by all the war taxes wrong from its hostile and unwilling serfs.
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Accomplishment Nation Path People Tax Willing Wrong
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
Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.
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Fight Oneself Reason
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
I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.
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Believe Goodness Mom Myself
To think is to differ.
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Difference One Liner Thinking
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
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
Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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Forget Jury Lost Win
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
Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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Bad Habit People Work Worst

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.

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