Probably the undertaker thinks less of death than almost any other man. He is so accustomed to it that his mind must involuntarily turn from its horror to a contemplation of how much he makes out of the burial.
CLARENCE DARROWThe 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.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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You can only be free if I am free.
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Education was in danger from the source that always hampered it – religious fanaticism.
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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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The objector and the rebel who raises his voice against what he believes to be the injustice of the present and the wrongs of the past is the one who hunches the world along.
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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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Chase after the truth like all hell.
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Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only by a tolerant people, and this means eternal conflict.
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Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors.
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To think is to differ.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
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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.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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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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