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.
CLARENCE DARROWWorking people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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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.
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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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Each child should be more intelligent than his parents.
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The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.
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The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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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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A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate
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One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.
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There are two things that kill a genius – a fatal disease and contentment.
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In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.
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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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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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To think is to differ.
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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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