The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
CLARENCE DARROWThe first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
More Clarence Darrow Quotes
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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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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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Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document?
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If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.
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Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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I knew that it is out of the question to have honest, economical government while a few are inordinately rich and the great mass of men are poor. In fact, it is to be doubted if anything really worthwhile can be done until there is a fairer distribution of wealth.
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Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.
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We are turning our prisons into living tombs, inhabited by doomed men living in everlasting blank despair.
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The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.
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I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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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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Never forget, almost every case has been won or lost when the jury is sworn.
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An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.
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