Any one who thinks is an agnostic about something, otherwise he must believe that he is possessed of all knowledge. And the proper place for such a person is in the madhouse or the home for the feeble-minded.
CLARENCE DARROWProbably 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.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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The world is made up for the most part of morons and natural tyrants, sure of themselves, strong in their own opinions, never doubting anything.
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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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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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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.
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I am sure of very little, and I shouldn’t be surprised if those things were wrong.
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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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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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The purpose of life is to live it.
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In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.
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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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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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No nation can be really great that is held together by Gatling guns, and no true loyalty can be induced and kept through fear.
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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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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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