Chase after the truth like all hell and you’ll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
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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To think is to differ.
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There is no such crime as a crime of thought; there are only crimes of action.
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It’s not bad people I fear so much as good people. When a person is sure that he is good, he is nearly hopeless; he gets cruel- he believes in punishment.
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The ability and inclination to use physical strength is no indication of bravery or tenacity to life. The greatest cowards are often the greatest bullies. Nothing is cheaper and more common than physical bravery.
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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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Whenever I hear people discussing birth control, I always remember that I was fifth.
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Inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet.
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Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.
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I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.
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In life one cannot eat his cake and have it, too; he must make his choice and then do the best he can to be content to go the way his judgment leads.
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Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
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No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.
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Freedom comes from human beings, rather than from laws and institutions.
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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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Great wealth often curses all who touch it.
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