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.
CLARENCE DARROWThe truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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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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I am simply an agnostic. I haven’t yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don’t know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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The law is a horrible business.
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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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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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.
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History repeats itself. That’s one of the things wrong with history.
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The trouble with law is lawyers.
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I don’t like spinach, and I’m glad I don’t, because if I liked it I’d eat it, and I just hate it.
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Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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The truth is always modern and there never comes a time when it is safe to give it voice.
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